224 ARGTOPID.E. 



Synopsis of the principal Indian Species. 



a. Ocular "quadrangle parallel-sided or nearly 



so. 

 a 1 . Quadrangle square ; abdomen higher be- 

 hind than in front A. lar/laizei, p. 224. 



b\ Quadrangle much longer than wide ; ab- 

 domen not higher behind. 

 a 2 . Abdomen furnished with 4 tubercles 



above in front A. cicatrosus, p. 226. 



b 2 . Abdomen furnished with only 2 tuber- 

 cles above in front. 

 a 3 . Abdomen produced posteriorly into 



a conical prominence A. fees, p. 226. 



b 3 . Abdomen evenly rounded behind . . A. moluccensis, p. 226. 



b. Ocular quadrangle much narrower behind 



than in front. 

 a\ Anterior half of abdomen furnished on 



each side with two large prominences . . A. citricola, p. 226. 

 b*. Anterior half of abdomen at most furn- 

 ished with a pair of shoulder prominences. [p. 227. 

 a 5 . Posterior extremity of abdomen bilobate. A, exanthematicus, 

 b r \ Posterior end of abdomen not bilobate. 

 « H . Upper side of abdomen triangular; 

 carapace granular. 

 a 1 . A large tubercle overhanging 



lateral eyes A. rlehaanii, p. 225. 



b 7 . No tubercle over lateral eyes .... A. unicolor, p. 225. 

 b*. Upper side of abdomen oval or heart- 

 shaped ; carapace smooth. 

 a 8 . Abdomen with a pair of large cir- 

 cular yellow spots A. btlunifer, p. 227. 



b H . Abdomen without a pair of cir- 

 cular pale spots. 

 «°. Head narrower, flatter ; distance 

 between anterior median eyes 

 almost half that between me- 

 dian and lateral A. nauticus, p. 228. 



b". Head broader, more convex ; 

 distance between anterior me- 

 dian eyes much less than half 

 that between median and 

 lateral A. rumpfi, p. 228. 



239. Araneus laglaizei, Simon, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (5) vii, p. 77, 

 1877; Thorell, Ann. Mas. Genova, xxviii, p. 167, 1800 (for 

 synonymy) (Epeira). 



Colour variable, pale or dark brown ; legs distal I y banded ; 

 abdomen yellowish white above, strongly or weakly banded, 

 blackish or greyish below, with two pairs of whitish spots on each 

 side. Carapace with weak ocular tubercles ; quadrangle almost 

 square, slightly wider behind than in trout ; lateral eyes in 

 contact. Leys scarcely spined. Abdomen heart-shaped, very 

 broad in front, much elevated behind above the spinners, and often 



