270 CLUBIONID.E. 



Genus THELCTICOPIS, Karsch. 



Thelcticopis, Karsch, SB. Ges.. Nat. Marburg, 1884, p. 64. 

 Thelcticopis 4- Sera niba, Simon, Hist. Nat. Araign. ii. p. 72, 1897. 



Carapace longer than in Sparassus, longitudinally convex ; eyes 

 of posterior line procurved, laterals sessile, anterior medians 

 larger than laterals ; clypeus low. Mandible with fang-groove 

 armed behind with 5-6 small teeth. Legs short, less laterigrade, 1st 

 longer than 2nd or equal to it; anterior tibiae with 5 to 7 pairs 

 of inferior spines. Spinners supported on a membranous stalk- 

 strengthened by a hairy chitinous ring. 



Type, T. severus, L. Koch. 



Distribution. Ceylon and Burma to the Solomon Islands. 



Si/nojJsis of Indian Species. 



Males. 



a. Tibial apophysis single, long, arcuate T. nalandicus, p 270. 



b. Tibial apophysis shorter, bifid. 



a>. Branches of apophysis equal T. canescens, p. 271. 



b'. Branches of apophysis unequal T. paripes, p. 271. 



females. 



a. Eyes of both lines suhequally spaced ; abdo- 



men variegated. 

 a 1 . Abdomen tlavous, variegated with black . . T. nalandicus, p. 270. 

 b' . Abdomen black, variegated with pale spots 



above T. pictus, p. 271. 



b. Lateral eyes further from medians than the 



latter are from each other. 



a'~. Cleft of vulva narrow, parallel-sided, in- 

 tegument blackish T. canescens, p. 271 . 



b 2 . Cleft of vulva oval, narrower behind than 



in front; integument reddish brown .... T. birmanicus, p. 271. 



338. Thelcticopis nalandicus, Karsch, Berl. cnt. Zeits. xxxvi, p. 293, 

 pi. xi, fig. 15, 1892 : nigropicta, Pocock, Jour. Bom. N. 11. Soc. 

 xii, p. 573, 1899 (Stasina). 



2 . Colour : carapace and legs reddish, clothed with whitish hairs 

 intermixed with black; abdomen greyish, variegated above with 

 black spots and stripes. Eyes of both lines subequally spaced. 

 Tibiae of anterior legs with 7 pairs of inferior spines. 



cS . Smaller than female. Tibial apophysis stout at base, 

 strongly arched, narrow and pointed at apex. 



$ . Total length 13'5 mm., carapace 6, 1st leg 18*5. 



c? . Total length 9'8 mm., carapace 4 5, 1st leg 18. 



Loc. Ceylon: Matale, Nalanda (Sarasin) ; Punduloya {Green). 



