242 HEKSILIIJXE. 



straight, the former unmodified, the tibia furnished externally 

 above with an angular prominence tipped with 3 or 4 spines. 



Total length, $ 12-5 mm., <3 11 mm. 



Loc. Ceylon: Punduloya (Green). Burma: Pegu and Thar ra- 

 waddy (Oates). 



276. Hersilia clathrata*, Thorell, Spiders of Burma, p. 56, 1895. 



5 . Colour much as in the preceding, but the black rim of the 

 abdomen broader, and with four pairs of black spots on each side 

 of the middle. Further recognizable by having the chjpeus low, 

 less than the height of the ocular quadrangle. Femur of anterior 

 leg just three times as long as the carapace. Vulva semicircularly 

 excavated behind, the excavation filled by a pair of lobes separated 

 by a deep but narrow notch. 



Total length 10 mm., carapace 3"6. 



Loc. Burma: Tenasserim (Oates). 



Genus MURRICIA, Simon. 



Murricia, Simon, Ann. Mns. Genova, xviii, p. 255, 1882 ; id. Hist. 

 Nat. Arairjn. i, p. 446, 1892. 



Differs from Hersilia in having the ocular quadrangle much 

 wider in front than behind, and the head elevated between the 

 posterior median and lateral eyes. 



Type, M. indica, Lucas. 



Distribution. S. India. 



277. Murricia indica, Lucas, Mag. Zool. 6 e annee, cl. viii, p. 7, t. 13, 

 fig. 2, 1836 (Hersilia) ; Simon, Ann. Mas. Genova, xviii, p. 255, 1892. 



2 . Colour ; carapace pale in the middle and behind, blackish 

 elsewhere ; mandibles pale, darker at base ; palpi and legs banded : 

 abdomen with a median and on each side a darker band. 



J . Slighter and more elongate than female, and with stronger 

 legs ; patella of palp longer than tibia. 



Total length 8 mm. 



Loc. Western India : Bombay and Malabar (Lucas). 



Genus TAMA, Simon. 



Tama, Simon, Ann. Mus. Genova, xviii, p. 256, 1882 ; id. Hist. Nat. 

 Araign. i, p. 446, 1892. 



Differs from Hersilia in having the protarsi of the 1st, 2nd, and 

 4th legs undivided. 



Type, T. edwardsi, Lucas. 



Bistribution. North Africa, Oriental Region, Australia. 

 S. America. 



278. Tama variata, Pocock, Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. xii, p. 761, L89D. 



2 . Colour variable, as in Hersilia savignyi. Carapace with 



* The only known specimen of this species has imperfect legs, and hence 

 may belong to the genus Tama. 



