220 argyopiDjE. 



abdomen greyish yellow, speckled with black above, yellow with 

 large median black spot below. Carapace flattish. Legs slender. 

 Abdomen flattish, subpentagonal, lobate on each side posteriorly ; 

 impressed towards the margins with radially arranged rows of 

 punctures. 



Length about 15 mm. 



Loc. Ceylon: Peradeniya (Sarasiyi), Kanthalai (Yerbury). India: 

 Trivandrum {Ferguson), Ootacamund (Hampson). Burma : Thar- 

 rawaddy, Rangoon, Tenasserim, &c. (Oates ^- Fed). Thence east- 

 wards into Austro-Malaysia. 



Genus ARGYOPE, Sav. 



Argyope, Sariyny, in And. § Sav. Fyt/pte, Hist. Nat. i, pt. 4, 

 p.' 121, 1809; Simon, Hist. Nat. Arakjn. i, p. 769, 1895. 



Carapace flat ; ocular quadrangle much longer than wide ; eyes 

 of posterior line very strongly procurved, the medians lying far 

 behind the laterals. Abdomen truncate in front, swollen and 

 frequently tubercular at the sides posteriorly. 



Type, A. lobata, Pallas. 



Distribution. Tropical and temperate countries. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



a. Abdomen with caudal process arid large lateral 



lobes ; carapace long. 

 a 1 . Coxa? and trochanters of 3rd and 4th legs 



unspined A. lobata, p. 221. 



b 1 . Coxae and trochanters of 3rd and 4th legs 



spined A. arcnata, p. 220. 



b. Abdomen without caudal process and large 



lateral lobes. 

 a 2 . Abdomen pentagonal, broadest behind the [p. 222, 



middle, then abruptly narrowed. A.pulchella, p. 221, A. undulata, 



A. anasuja, p. 222, A. taprobanica, p. 222. 

 b 2 . Abdomen more evenly oval in outline. 

 a 3 . Abdomen ornamented above with dark 



patches formed of narrow black lines .. A. cemula, p. 223. 

 b 3 . Abdomen ornamented with bands of 



round spots A. catenulata, p. 223. 



231. Argyope arcuata, Simon, Ann. Mus. Genova, xx, p. 343, 1884; 

 Thorell, op. cit. xxv, p. 160, 1887. 



£ . Colour : integument of carapace and legs blackish brown, 

 legs indistinctly annulate ; sternum with median yellow stripe ; 

 palpi yellow ; abdomen rich yellow above, ornamented with three 

 broad black bands ; hairy covering silvery white. Carapace much 

 longer than wide. Legs : coxse and trochanters of 3rd and 4th 

 pairs spinulose ; femur of 3rd armed below with spines and 

 spinules, of 4th with band of subequal spinules extending nearly 

 to the base of the segment. Abdomen broad, furnished on each 



