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and there may be a more or less conspicuous pair of spots imme- 

 diately behind the lung-sacs, between the ventral and ventro- 

 lateral lines. 



Storcna birenifer, sp. nov. 



Text-fig. 2 a-c. 



A medium sized dark brown spider with conspicuous ochra- 

 ceous markings, found among soil and stones under shady trees in 

 the jungle. Males were obtained in July. They differ from 

 females chiefly in the smaller relative size of the abdomen, and in 

 having the anterior median eyes distinctly larger than the rest. 



EXT-FIG. 2. 



ii. Storeiia birenifei' 9 . durs.il surface of abdomen. 

 /'• .■ ., I? , left palpal organ. 



r. ,, ,, $, genital aperture. 



(1. Siiffiicia cingnlata 9 , dorsal surface of abdomen, 

 c. Hermippoides arjiina 9 , ,, 



The species appears to resemble S. redimita, Simon (1905,. 

 pp. 173-4) from Pondicherry and Genji ; but the anterior median 

 eyes of the female are scarcely larger than the anterior laterals, 

 instead of almost twice as large as in that species. 



The carapace is black. The abdomen (text-fig. za) is black 

 with conspicuous pale ochraceous markings as follows : an anterior 

 pair of kidney-shaped patches, more or less confluent across the 

 middle line in front, followed first by a pair of large and then a pair 

 of smaller spots of the same colour. The posterior pair are often 

 confluent with a median triangular patch behind thein, and this 

 usually joins the anterior angle of the posterior median patch. 



