228 AKGYOPIDJE. 



248. Araneus nauticus, L. Koch, Myypt. Abyssin. Arachn. p. 17, 

 t. ii, fig. 2, 1875: pullata, Thorell, Ann. Mus. Genova, x, p. 385, 

 1877 ; id. op. cit. xxviii, p. 148, 1890 (for synonymy) (Epeira). 



Colour : carapace dark browii, with greyish hairs : legs strongly 

 banded with black ; sternum black with median pale line ; abdomen 

 black below with a pair of large pale spots, upper side varied with 

 deep brown and grey, the latter typically forming a large median 

 cross-shaped band. Head narrow, flattish, ocular tubercle promi- 

 nent ; eyes of anterior line not widely spaced, distance between 

 medians noticeably exceeding half that between them and the 

 laterals. Abdomen evenly heart-shaped, without shoulder-points, 

 only a little longer than broad. Vulva with scape, not bent at 

 right angles, without any notch between it and the basal portion. 



Total length, £ (adult), from 7-15 mm. 



Loc. India : Karachi (Simon) • eastern district of Poonn (Irani) ; 

 Eastern Khandesh (Madan); Darjiling (Bendy Sr Wrougliton). 

 Burma : Rangoon, Tharrawaddy, Bhamo, &c. (Oates Sf Fea). 

 All tropical countries. 



249. Araneus rumpfi, Thorell, Ann. Mus. Genova, xiii, p. 296, 1878: 



hispida, Doleschall, Verh. Nat. Vereen. Nederland. Indie, v, no. 5, 

 p. 33, 1859 : decens, Thorell, Ann. Mus. Genova, x, p. 379, 1877 (pre- 

 occupied) : rufofemorata, Simon, Ann. Mus. Genova, xx, p. 348, 

 1884 (Epeira). 



2 . Colour and shape much as in A. nauticus ; anterior femora 

 reddish brown ; head redder, more convex, broader, distance 

 between anterior median eyes about one-third of distance between 

 medians and laterals ; lower side of abdomen more yellow, upper 

 side variable, sometimes as in A. nauticus, sometimes yellowish 

 with large anterior brown patch. Vulva w T ith scape much longer, 

 bent at right angles, separated posteriorly from the basal portion 

 by a wide but shallow tubercular notch. 



Total length from 10-15 mm. 



Loc. Ceylon: Punduloya (Green) ; Trincomali (Yerbwy). India: 

 Chingleput (Jambunathan), Bangalore (Staunton), Ootacamund 

 (Hampson), Poona (Wroiu/hton), Wagra Karoor (Fahre), Karachi 

 (Simon). Burma : Rangoon, Tharrawaddy, Bhamo (Oates <$f Fea). 

 Indo- and Austro-Malaysia. 



Genus CYRTARACHNE, Thorell. 



Cyrtarachne, Thorell, Euy. Rosa, Arachn. p. 10, L868; Simon, Hist. 

 Nat. Araiyn. i, p. 880, 1895. 



Carapr ( °,e convex, unarmed; median eyes not prominent, the 

 quadrangle generally slightly wider than long ; laterals contiguous. 

 Abdomen wider than long, integument leathery, impressed in the 

 middle and in front with large sigilla. 



