260 CLUBIONID.I. 



Females. 



a. Abdomen black, with yellow border below . . H. prompta, p. 261. 



b. Abdomen not darker beneath than at sides. 



a 1 . Carapace shorter than tibia of 3rd leg. ... 77. kandiana, p. 261. 

 b l . Carapace not shorter than tibia of 3rd leg. 

 a 2 . Anterior femora infuscate below. 



a 3 . 4th leg not longer than 1st H.fabrei, p. 261. 



6\ 4th leg longer than 1st. 



a 4 . Carapace strongly elevated behind. H. plebeia, p. 262. 

 b*. Carapace not strongly elevated 



behind 77. leprosa, p. 262. 



b 2 . Anterior femora not infuscate below. 

 a b . Anterior median eyes as large as 



anterior laterals 77. lutea, p. 263, 



b\ Anterior median eyes smaller than 

 anterior laterals. 

 a 6 . Median sclerite of vulva hammer- 

 shaped 77. sexpunctata, p. 261. 



b % . Median sclerite of vulva not 

 hammer-shaped. 

 a 1 . Carapace very high behind .... 77. lantjnida, p. 262. 

 b~ '. Carapace low behind. 



a*. Lobes of vulva separated by 



median tongue-shaped sclerite 77. phasma, p. 260. 

 b*. Lobes of vulva posteriorly in 



contact 77. venatoria, p. 260. 



307. Heteropoda venatoria, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, p. 1035, 1766 

 (Aranea), and of recent authors: ferina, Simon, J. A. S. B. lvi, 

 p. 102, 1887 (Heteropoda). 



2 • Prevailing colour of hair a greyish mouse-brown above and 

 below ; clypeus yellow ; usually a yellow black-bordered stripe on 

 the posterior slope of carapace. Carapace low, about as long as 

 tibia of 3rd leg ; eyes of anterior line with their upper edges on a 

 level, laterals one-third of their diameter larger than medians. 

 Vulva with lateral lobes in contact. 



S . Smaller and yellower than female ; carapace with large 

 black patch on each side ; legs spotted with black. Legs much 

 longer than in female ; carapace shorter than tibia of 3rd leg. 

 Tibial apophysis of 'palp short, armed with two teeth. 



Measurements in mm. — $. Total length 26, carapace 11, 1st 

 leg 52, 4th 48. S . Total length 21, carapace 9-5, 1st leg 56, 

 4th 48. 



hoc. Common in houses in India, Ceylon, and Burma. Arti- 

 ficially introduced from the East into all tropical countries. 



308. Heteropoda phasma, Simon, Mem. Soc Zool. Fr. x. p. 258, LSi)7. 



$ . Hairy clothing very pale, silky yellowish grey ; mandibles 

 shining black. Eyes of anterior line more procurved than in 

 H. venatoria ; the medians about half the diameter of the laterals. 



