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First ventral tooth small like others, directed 

 inwards ; fang strongly geniculate with 



teeth very well developed -- ... T. geiiiciilata. p. 441. 



First ventral tooth very large, directed for- 

 wards below fang which is slightly genicu- 

 late with fully developed teeth ., T. mandibidatn, p. 441. 

 Fang much swollen towards the middle, where 

 it is armed dorsally with a stout .and more 

 or less rectangular tooth (fig. 4a) ; ;ib- 

 I domen very slender ... ... T. cochinensis, p. 442. 



Fang unarmed ; abdomen stouter ... g. 



Fang very stout in the basal half, then very 

 i slender ; first dorsal tooth broad and ob- 

 9/ liquely truncate (fig. 4c') ... T. lisferi. p. 443. 



j Fang more e\enly tapering; first dorsal tooth 

 ' acuminate ... ... .. 10. 



I Chelicerae stout, first two ventral teeth very 



) large, first two dorsals very small (fig. 5a) T. suflierlandi. p. 444. 

 10 Chelicerae very long and slender; first tooth 

 I of both dorsal and ventral rows much larger 



p than second (fig. 6a) ... 7". viridoriifa, p. 445. 



I First dorsal tooth triangular, wide at base, 

 simply pointed at apex, much larger than 

 I any other tooth of either dorsal or ventral 

 ' ' 1 row no tooth on inner side of basal curve , „ . , , 



1 of fang (fig. s*-) ... ...\l:e''"''\[^\"-J'-^^'- 



' First dorsaUooth not the largest; or a strong <• ^- maudib-.data. p. 441. 



V tooth on inner side of basal curve of fang 12. 



( First dorsal tooth not larger than second, some- 



I times much smaller; at most a rounded 



I swelling on inner side of basal curve of 

 121 fang (tigs. 4* and (/) ... i;,. 



I First dorsal tooth much larger than second ; 



I a strong tooth, truncate distallv, present on 



y inner side of basal curve of fang (figs. 56 



and 6i) ... ... 14. 



/First dorsal tooth much smaller than second ; 



I subapical spine verv slender distally, trun- 

 --/ cate at ape.x (fig. 46) ... ... 7". fof/u;/eH,s/s, p. 442. 



First dorsal tooth about equal in size to 

 second ; subapical spine broader distally, 

 more or less bifid at apex (fig. 4(7) ., T. lisferi. p. 443. 



f Subapical spine short and stout ; first dorsal 



I tooth acuminate, slightly smaller than 

 J.) second ventral (fig. 56) ... ... T. snfheylandi, p. 4.^^. 



I Subapical spine long and slender, first dorsal 



/ tooth almost equalU- long, but stouter ; 



(j^ second ventral tooth small (fig. 6b) ... T. viyidortifa, p. 445. 



Tetragnatha gracilis (Stoliczka) 

 Figs. la-c. 



Localities. — Parambikulam, 1700-3200 ft., Cochin State; 

 Bangalore, ca.3000 ft., S. India; Taloshi, ca. 2000 ft., Koyna 

 Valley, Satara District, Bombay Presidency; Bandipur, ca. 3000 

 ft., Mysore; Villivaukam, Chingleput Dist. and Barkuda Island, 

 Chilka Lake, Ganjam Dist., Madras Presidency ; Bhubaneswar, 

 Puri Dist., Orissa ; Port Canning, Calcutta and Madhupur, Bengal ; 

 Pusa, Bihar ; Kahmpong, 2000-4500 ft., Darjiling District. 



This species differs from most in that it commonly (but not 



