228 AEGYOPIDJE. 



248. Aranens nauticns, L. Koch, JEyypt. Abyssin. Arachn. p. 17, 

 t. ii, fig. 2, 1875 : pullata, Thorell, Ann. Mus. Genova, x, p. 385, 

 1877 ; id. op. cit. xxviii, p. 148, 1890 (for synonymy) (Epeira). 



Colour : carapace dark brown, with greyish hairs ; legs strongly 

 banded with black ; sternum black with median pale line ; abdomen 

 black below with a pair of large pale spots, upper side varied with 

 deep brown and grey, the latter typically forming a large median 

 cross-shaped band. Head narrow, flattish, ocular tubercle promi- 

 nent ; eyes of anterior line not widely spaced, distance between 

 medians noticeably exceeding half that between them and the 

 laterals. Abdomen evenly heart-shaped, without shoulder-points, 

 only a little longer than broad. Vulva with scape, not bent at 

 right angles, without any notch between it and the basal portion. 



Total length, $ (adult), from 7-15 mm. 



Loc. India : Karachi (Simon) ; eastern district of Poona (Irani) ; 

 Eastern Khandesh (Madari); Darjiling (Dendy fy Wroughtori). 

 Burma: Eangoon, Tharrawaddy, Bhamo, &c. (Oates $ Fea). 

 All tropical countries. 



249. Aranens rumpfi, Thorell, Ann. Mus. Genova, xiii, p. 296, 1878 : 



hispida, Doleschall, Verh. Nat. Vereen. Nederland. Indie, v, no. 5, 

 p. 33, 1859 : decens, Thorell, Ann. Mus. Genova, x, p. 379, 1877 (pre- 

 occupied) : rufofemorata, Simon, Ann. Mus. Genova, xx, p. 348, 

 1884 (Epeira). 



5 . Colour and shape much as in A. nauticus ; anterior femora 

 reddish brown ; head redder, more convex, broader, distance 

 between anterior median eyes about one-third of distance between 

 medians and laterals ; lower side of abdomen more yellow, upper 

 side variable, sometimes as in A. nauticus, sometimes yellowish 

 with large anterior brown patch. Vulva with scape much longer, 

 bent at right angles, separated posteriorly from the basal portion 

 by a wide but shallow tubercular notch. 



Total length from 10-15 mm. 



Loc. Ceylon : Punduloya (Green) ; Trincomali (Yerbury). India : 

 Chingleput (Jambunathan), Bangalore (Stauntori), Ootacamund 

 (Hampson), Poona ( Wroughton), Wagra Karoor (Fabre}, Karachi 

 (Simon). Burma : Rangoon, Tharrawaddy, Bhamo (Oates &f Fea). 

 Indo- and Austro-Malaysia. 



Genus CYETARACHNE, Thorell. 



Cyrtarachne, Thorell, Eug. Resa, Arachn. p. 10, 1868 ; Simon, Hist. 

 Nit. Araiyn. i, p. 880, 1895. 



Carapace convex, unarmed; median eyes not prominent, the 

 quadrangle generally slightly wider than long ; laterals contiguous. 

 Abdomen wider than long, integument leathery, impressed in the 

 middle and in front with large sigilla. 



