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row are much larger than any of the others. The fang is armed on 

 the inner side with a very characteristic truncate tooth set in the 

 middle of the basal curve ; it is very slightly curved in the middle 

 and somewhat strongh* at the tip. 



Figures and comparisons with other species are given in 

 another paper now in the press (Gravely, 1021). 



Lcucauge decorata (Blackwall). 



Argyroepeii-a celebesiaim. Focock, 1900, p. 216.' 



A few specimens which probably belonged to this species were 

 once seen on their horizontal webs among bushes. 



Leucaugc fastigata (Simon). 



Argvroepeira fastigata, FococU, lyoo. p. 210. 



Not uncommon in open spaces in shady jungle, across which 

 the female spins large and more or less horizontal webs. The male 



a 



Text-fig. 3. 



va of Aygiope attamja. 

 ,, ,, pulchella. 



,, Araneus viridiioma. 



is minute and spins small webs among bushes, where it is \-ery hard 

 to find. 



Argiope anasuja, Thorell and A. pulchella, Thorell. 

 Text-fig. 3«, h. 



Argiope aiiasiija. ;ind A. pttlcliella, Pocock, 1901). p. _'2i-222. 



The general shape of the vulva of the female of A. pul- 

 chella is extremely variable. The thickened margin and partition 

 seem as a rule to approximate more nearh' to a T- and less to 

 a Y-shape in the Indian Peninsula than in Burma, but in Bengal 

 the variation is such as to suggest at first sight that A . anasuja 

 from India and A. pulchella from Burma are no more than local 

 races of one species. They can, however, readily be distinguished 



' See Simon, 1906, p. 282, for synon3-mv and an account of the differences 

 between L. decorata and L. celeheiiaiia ; see also Gravely, 1921. 



