4i8 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi,. XXII 



lore. In Madras it appears to be replaced by a larger species with 

 transverse bands of whitish hairs on the abdomen, and a somewhat 

 different vulva. 



Corinnomma sp. 



Two species are not uncommon. Both may readily be mis- 

 taken for ants when running about with them among dead leaves 

 on open ground. In the larger species (about lo mm. long) both 

 sexes run about thus. The smaller species (about 5 mm. long) 

 lives among fine soil and dead leaves at the bases of trees ; but 

 its males run about on the surface together with the larger species. 



Oedignatha scrobiculata, Thorell. 



PI. xvii, fit;, i 



Oedignatha scrobiculata, Thorell. 1881. p. 209. 



.Simon, 1897, p. 14 and iguO, p. ,V)j. 



Also known from Ceylon, the Malabar Coast and Penang. 



A spider of about the same general size and appearance as 

 the smaller of the two species of Corinnoninia, and found under 

 the same conditions. It makes a lair for itself, however, by 

 roofing over a small cavity in the ground with soil fastened to- 

 gether with silk, thus making an oval chamber with a tubular 

 aperture directed upwards at each end. The nests are easily seen 

 and can be recognized by the circular lips of the apertures project- 

 ing slightly above the surface of the soil (see pi. xvii, fig. i). 



Family L,ycosidae. 

 Hipassa pantherina, Pocock. 



Hipassa pantheriiia. Pocock, 1900, p. 250. 



This is probably the commonest Lycosid on the island. I have 

 already published a note on its habits, under the generic name 

 Pardosa which I have since found to be incorrect (1915 b, p. =539). 

 It spins a silken platform with a tube leading back from it into a 

 crevice, usually in a tree or among stones. 



? Lycosa spp. 



The remaining species of Lycosidae probably all belong to the 

 genus Lycosa, but it seems impossible to name them without 

 much more extensive work on the Indian species of the genus 

 as a whole than I am yet in a position to undertake. The 

 largest species (probably two in number) live in short holes in 

 the ground, from which they emerge to run about among stones 

 and dead leaves. A much smaller and more delicate looking species 

 runs about among decaying debris on the sandy shores of the 

 lake ; and other still smaller species have been found in ^■ar^ous 

 open spaces. 



