216 



a. Anterior end of abdomen conically elevated . . A.fastigata, p. 216. 



b. Anterior end of abdomen not conically elevated. 

 a 1 . Posterior end of abdomen conically pro- 

 duced A. cekbesiana, p. 216. 



b l . Posterior end of abdomen not conically pro- 

 duced. 



a 2 . Tibia of 4th leg plumose A. tessellata, p. 216. 



b*. Tibia of 4th leg not plumose A. ventralis, p. 216. 



221. Argyroepeira fastigata, Simon, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) vii, 

 July 1877, p. 79, t. iii, fig. 10: elegans, Thorell,Ann. Mus. Genova, 

 x, p. 416, 1877, Oct.-Dec. (Meta). 



Carapace and legs pale, the latter banded with dark stripes ; 

 tibia of 4th pair thickly hairy in its distal half. Lateral eyes 

 widely separated from medians. Abdomen with its fore part 

 elevated into a conical prominence ; posterior extremity forming 

 an obtuse angle above the spinners. Male minute. 



Total length (?) 8 mm. 



Loc. Ceylon : Trincomali (T~erbury). Burma : Tavoy (Moti 

 Earn), Shwegoo Myo (Fea), Tharrawaddy and Eangoon (Oates). 

 Also Philippine Islands, Celebes, &c. 



222. Argyroepeira tessellata, Tkm-ell, Ann. Mus. Geneva, xxv, 



p. 135, 1887. 



5 . Nearly allied to the preceding, but with the anterior ex- 

 tremity of the abdomen rounded, not elevated ; the lateral eyes 

 not so far from the medians ; and the ventral surface of the 

 abdomen dark, with a pair of clearly defined silver bands. 



Total length 9 mm. 



Loc. Burma : Shwegoo Myo (Fea) ; Tenasserim (Oates). 



223. Argyroepeira celebesiana, Walck. Ins. Apt. ii, p. 222, 1837 : 



decorata, Blackmail, A. M. N. H. (3) xiv, p. 44, 1864 (Tetra- 

 gnatha) : angustata, Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxviii, pt. 2, p 241, 

 t. xx, fig. 7, 1869 (Nephila). 



Lateral eyes still nearer to the medians than in A, tessellata ; 

 colouring of ventral surface of abdomen as in the latter. Anterior 

 extremity of abdomen low as in A. tessellata, but furnished with 

 two low shoulder-tubercles ; posterior end of abdomen produced 

 into a conical caudal process. 



Total length 8-10 mm. 



Loc. Ceylon (Sarasin, Cambridge). India : Ootacamund (Hamp- 

 *<m); Poona Ghats (Wroughton) Calcutta (Stoliczka). Burma: 

 Bhamo (Fea); Tharrawaddy, Rangoon (Oates). Eastwards as far 

 as Celebes, Ac. 



224. Argyroepeira ventralis, Thorell, Ann. Mus. Genova, x, p. 423, 



1877 (Meta). 



Allied to A. tessellata, but with the eyes of the posterior line 



