1921] F. H. Gravely : Fauna of Barkiida I. 407 



Family Palpimanidae. 

 Sarascelis ? raffrayi, Simon. 



Sayascelis rnffi-ayi, Siniun, 1^93. p. 31.3. 



A bright orange-red spider occasionally found under stones or 

 on tree trunks. The se.Kes appear to occur in about equal num- 

 bers, and do not differ from one another except as regards the 

 sexual organs 



Mature males vary from 3i-5 ram. in length, the largest 

 female being 6|- mm. long. The type of S. raffrayi was a male 

 7 mm. long — much larger than either of the Barkuda males, and 

 twice as long as the smaller of the two. Apart from this differ- 

 ence in size Simon's description of 5. raffrayi appears to apply to 

 the Barkuda specimens. 



Family Zodariidae. 



Hermippoides arjuna, gen. et. sp. nov. 



Text-fig. 2e. 



A medium sized and somewhat rotund black spider spotted 

 with white, found running about under trees and occasionally on 

 foliage. The genus differs from Herniippus, Sim. (1892, p. 425) 

 only in the possession of all six spinnerettes, iastead of only one 

 pair of them. 



The anterior row of eyes is very slightly procurved, with the 

 medians slightly larger than the laterals and separated from each 

 other by little more than half a diameter and from the laterals by 

 about one and a half diameters. The posterior row is slighth' 

 wider and more procurved than the anterior ; its eyes are about 

 equal in size to the anterior laterals. The ocular quadrangle is 

 practically' square, but the posterior laterals, being smaller than 

 the anterior laterals, are more widely separated. 



The cephalothorax is blackish brown, with a white margin 

 ventrally. The sternum and labium are brown. The appendages 

 and spinnerettes are pale yellowish, except the tarsus of the palp 

 which is brown. The abdomen (text-fig. 2 e) is black with five 

 whitish longitudinal lines or rows of spots. The mid-dorsal row is 

 straight and consists of about ten spots, of which the posterior are 

 more crowded together than the anterior. The foremost spot is, 

 however, united by a thin line with the second spot of its own row 

 and with the foremost spot of the lines next to it on either side, 

 which together produce the figure of a bow and arrow (without the 

 cord). The dorso-lateral rows each consist of the spot included in 

 this figure and three others behind it, all separate. The ventro- 

 lateral row consists of four or five spots, often partially united, of 

 which the third is somewhat out of line, being at a higher level 

 than the rest. Ventrally there is a pair of wavy and more or less 

 broken lines. There is also a small spot close to the spinnerettes 

 towards which the two lateral rows of spots tend to converge ; 



