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258. Gasteracantha sororna, Butler, Tr. Ent. Soc. 1873, p. 155, t. iv, 



fig. 15. 



$ . Closely allied to G. dalyi, but with the median spine 

 slender, attenuate, and only equalling the width of the abdomen. 

 Width of abdomen 6-5 mm., length of median spine 6-5. 

 Loc. Madras (Jerdon). 



259. Gasteracantha remifera, Sutler, Tr. Ent. Soc. 1873, p. 154, t. iv, 



fig. 5: clavatrix, Karsch, Berl. ent. Zeits. xxxvi, p. 277, 1892 

 (Plectana) (not of Walck.). 



At once recognizable from all the preceding by having the 

 median spines much thinner in the middle than at the base and 

 extremity, the latter being lightly clavate and abruptly narrowed 



Fig. IS. Gasteracantha remifera, $, X 2. 



to a point at the extreme tip ; anterior and posterior spines 

 larger, the median spine a little exceeding the width of the 

 abdomen. 



Loc. Ceylon (Thwaites) : Trincomali (Yerbury). 



260. Gasteracantha hasseltii, C. Koch, Arach. iv, p. 29, t. cxvii, 



fig. 267, 1838 (Gasteracantha) ; Thorell, Ann. Mus. Genova, xxv, 

 p. 224, 1887 (Plectana) (synonymy) : propinqua, O. P. Cambridge, 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 288, t. xxvii,'fig. 16 (Gasteracantha). 



Eecognizable from the foregoing by having the median spines, 

 which are typically attenuate, very short, their length hardly 

 exceeding half the width of the abdomen ; the remaining spines as 

 long as in G. remifera. 



Width of abdomen 8 mm., length of median spine 3'5. 



Loc. N.E. India : Assam, Sikhim. Burma : Tharrawaddy, 

 Eangoon, Shwegoo, Tenasserim, &c. (Oates $ Fed). 



261. Gasteracantha geminata, Fabr. Suppl.Ent. Syst. p. 292, 1798 



(Aranea) : rimata, O. P. Cambridge, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 282, t. xxvi, 

 fig. 3 (Gasteracantha). 



Colour : carapace, mandibles, and legs black, the latter annulate 



