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Genus HERSILIA, Aud. 



Hersilia, Audouin in Sav. Descr. Egypte, Arachn. p. 114, 1826 ; 

 Simon, Hist. Nat. Araign. i. p. 446, 1892. 



Ocular quadrangle parallel-sided ; head flat, angular laterally ; 

 clypeus usually very high, prominent. Protarsi of 1st, 2nd, and 

 4th legs bisegmented. 



Type, H. caudata, Aud. 



Distribution. Africa, Madagascar, Oriental Region. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



a. Clypeus less than height of ocular quadrangle. H. dathrata, p. 242. 



b. Clypeus exceeding height of ocular quadrangle. 

 '. Vulva without median lobe ; patella of palp 



in c? with conical process H. savignyi, p. 241. 



b 1 . Vulva with median lobe; patella of palp 



normal If. pectinata, p. 241 . 



274. Hersilia savignyi, Lucas, Mag. Zool. 6 e anne"e, cl. viii, p. 10' 



t. xiii, fig. 1, 1836 : ? calcuttensis, Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxviii 

 p. 216, t. xx, fig. 9, 1869. 



5 . Colour varying from quite pale to nearly black on the upper 

 side, generally mottled or banded ; abdomen with a black rim, 

 transverse stripe, and a median longitudinal black bar in front;, 

 legs and palpi banded. Clypeus considerably 

 exceeding ocular quadrangle ; width of carapace 

 less than half the length of the femur of the 

 1st leg. Vulva bilobate, the lobes separated 

 by deep emargination. 



cT . Smaller than ; femur of 1st leg nearly 

 four times as long as carapace ; patella and 

 tibia of palp with a distinct sigmoid curvature, 

 patella produced above on the inner side into a 

 conical hairy prominence. 



Measurements in mm. $ . Total length 

 about 10, carapace 3-5, 1st leg 35. <y . Total 

 savignyi, x| (after length 7, carapace 3, 1st leg 40. 

 Simon). The spin- LoCt Ceylon. India: Nilgiri Hills (Hampson); 

 s?n r t 8 eda8 e muc e h P to e o Madatory and Ponmudi in Travancore (Fer- 

 short. gusori), Chingleput (Jambunathan) ; Tercaud 



(Henderson); Bellary ; Tanna (Edie) ; Matheran; 

 Poona ( Wroughton) ; Allahabad (Eyves) ; Calcutta. Burma : Man- 

 dalay, Bhamo, Pegu, Tenasserim (Oates, Fea). 



275. Hersilia pectinata, Thorell, Spiders of Burma, p. 58, 1895, cf : 



peguana, id. ibid. p. 60, $ . 



Closely allied to H. savignyi, but recognizable by the form of the 

 generative organs. Vulva trilobate posteriorly, the median lobe 

 projecting beyond the laterals. Palpi of <? with patella and tibia 



Fig. ^.-Hersilia 



