1915.] F.H. Gravety: Indian Insects, Mynapods, etc. 539 
208). These spiders are Spariolenus tigris and Heteropoda venatoria. 
They are probably about equally common, but the former is more 
often seen than the latter, as it seems to be less sensitive to light and 
the female often makes her home on the whitewashed wall of a 
staircase or bathroom, where she may be found day after day for 
weeks together. The male of Sfariolenus tigris seems to be much 
rarer than the female, although the two sexes of Heteropoda 
venatoria are about equally common. Both species kill and eat 
cockroaches and crickets, which in some instances at least are 
not killed immediately they are bitten. Concerning Heteropoda 
venatoria see also Flower, J. Straits R. Asiatic Soc., No. 36, July 
1901, pp. 46, where H. thoractca is recorded as cavernicolous. 
Lycosidae. 
A species of Pardosa, common in hedge-bottoms in the plains 
of Cochin, spins a silken tube open at both ends, the upper end 
leading out on to a silken platform. Mature females may often be 
seen at the entrances of their tubes, each with a male (sometimes 
two) keeping guard on the platform outside. When disturbed the 
female disappears into the tube followed by the male. Egg-laden 
females are not attended by males. 
Attidae. 
Notes on ant-mimicing spiders are given by Rothney (Tvans. 
Ent. Soc. London, 1889, p. 354; reprinted, /.B.N.H.S.,V, pp. 44-45) 
and Walsh (J.A.S.B. LX [II], pp. 1-4). 
The mimicry of Mutillids by spiders is recorded by Green 
(Spolia Zeylanica, IV, pp. 181-2—spider Caenoptychus pulchellus, 
see Spolia Zeylanica, V, pp. 190-1; and Sfolia Zeylanica, VIII, 
pp. 92-3, I pl.) and by myself (Rec. Ind. Mus. VII, p. 87). I take 
this opportunity of pointing out that my observations were made 
in Orissa, not in Calcutta as stated by Green. 
Acari. 
The habits of Trombidium grandtssimum are described by 
Annandale (Mem. A.S.B. 1, pp. 216-7). 
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