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ARGTOPID-E. 



Synopsis of the principal Indian Species. 



a. Ocular quadrangle parallel-sided or nearly 



so. 



ft 1 . Quadrangle square ; abdomen higher be- 

 hind than in front A. laglaizei, p. 224. 



b 1 . Quadrangle much longer than wide ; ab- 

 domen not higher behind. 

 a 2 . Abdomen furnished with 4 tubercles 



above in front A. cicatrosus, p. 226. 



ft*. Abdomen furnished with only 2 tuber- 

 cles above in front. 

 a 3 . Abdomen produced posteriorly into 



a conical prominence A. fece, p. 226. 



b 3 . Abdomen evenly rounded behind . . A. moluccetisis, p. 226. 



b. Ocular quadrangle much narrower behind 



than in front. 

 '. Anterior half of abdomen furnished on 



each side with two large prominences . . A. citricola, p. 226. 

 b*. Anterior half of abdomen at most furn- 

 ished with a pair of shoulder prominences, [p. 227. 

 '. Posterior extremity of abdomen bilobate. A. exanthematicus, 

 b 5 . Posterior end of abdomen not bilobate. 

 a 6 . Upper side of abdomen triangular; 



carapace granular. 

 a 1 . A large tubercle overhanging 



lateral eyes A. dehaanii, p. 225. 



b 7 . No tubercle over lateral eyes A. unicolor, p. 225. 



b 6 . Upper side of abdomen oval or heart- 

 shaped ; carapace smooth. 

 a 8 . Abdomen with a pair of large cir- 

 cular yellow spots A. bilunifer, p. 227. 



6". Abdomen without a pair of cir- 

 cular pale spots. 



n . Head narrower, flatter ; distance 

 between anterior median eyes 

 almost half that between me- 

 dian and lateral A. nauticus, p. 228. 



b. Head broader, more convex ; 

 distance between anterior me- 

 dian eyes much less than half 

 that between median and 

 lateral A. rumpfi, p. 228. 



239. AraneilS laglaizei, Simon, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (5) vii, p. 77, 

 1877; Thorell, Ann. Mus. Genova, xxviii, p. 167, 1890 (for 

 synonymy) (Epeira). 



Colour variable, pale or dark brown ; legs distally banded ; 

 abdomen yellowish white above, strongly or weakly banded, 

 blackish or greyish below, with two pairs of whitish spots on each 

 side. Carapace with weak ocular tubercles ; quadrangle almost 

 square, slightly wider behind than in front ; lateral eyes in 

 contact. Legs scarcely spined. Abdomen heart-shaped, very 

 broad in front, much elevated behind above the spinners, and often 



