ARACHNID A. 801 



12. Aranea cicatrosa Stol. 



Meta cicatrosa Stolicka, Journ. As. Sue. Bengal, xxxviii. p. 242, t. XX. fig. 5, 18G9. 



Araneus cicatrosus Pocock, Arachnida of British India, p. 226, 1900. 



Locality. Maungudu and ^Manadu, Miladumadulu ; Limbo-Kandu, Bodu Faro, Inguradu 

 and Kenurus, N. Mahlosmadulu ; Kumfinadu, Madu, Kauifuri, Maduwari and Turadu, 

 S. Mahlosmadulu ; Goidu, Goifurfehendu ; Hulule, Male ; Suvadiva ; and Midu, Addu. 



Common in India, Burma and Indo- and Austro-Malaysia. 



Genus Argyope Aud. 



13. Argyope anasuja Thor. 



Argiope anasuja Thorell, Ann. Mas. Genov. xxv. p. 102, 1887 ; Pocock, Arachnida of 

 British India, p. 222, 1900. 



Locality. Very common throughout the Maldive Ai'chipelago, specimens being taken 

 from fifteen different islands ; from Ereadu in Miladumadulu to Midu, Addu Atoll. 



This species has been recorded from several localities in Southern India, but has not 

 yet been taken in Ceylon. Although abundant in the Maldive Archipelago, it was not 

 found by Mr Gardiner in Minikoi. 



Genus Gusteracantha, Sund. 



14. Gasteracantha hrevispina (Dol.). 



Plectana hrevispina, Doleschall, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederland Indie, xiii. p. 423, 1857. 



Gasteracantha hrevispina Thorell and recent authors. 



Locality. Minikoi; and in the Maldive group of wide distribution, but not obtained in 

 Suvadiva or Addu nor indeed south of Hulule, Male. 



Common in Ceylon, India, Burma and eastwards thence into Austro-Malaysia. 



Genus Poltys C. Koch. 



15. Poltys illepidus Koch. 



Poltys illepidus C. Koch, Die Arachn. x. p. 97, fig. 21, 1843; Pocock, Arachnida of British 

 India, p. 236. 



Locality. Minikoi ; Inguradu, N. Mahlosmadulu ; Kumfinadu, S. Mahlosmadulu ; Hulule, 

 Male ; and Suvadiva. Previously recorded from Ceylon and Indo- and Austro-Malaysia. 



Family Hersiliidae. 



Genus Hersilia Aud. 



16. Hersilia savignyi Lucas. 



Hersilia savignyi Lucas, Mag. Zool. 6*"'' Ann^e, el. viii. p. 10, t. xiii. fig. 1, 1836. 

 Locality. Minikoi. Common in India and Ceylon. 



