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ocular quadrangle a little longer than broad and slightly wider 

 in front than behind, much exceeding height of clypeus, which 

 scarcely exceeds diameter of anterior median eye. First ley 

 shorter than 4th, its femur about twice the length of the carapace. 

 Vulva with its posterior border produced into a median convex 

 lobe, with a transversely sulcate area on each side of it. 



3 . Much smaller than $ , femur of 1st leg more than twice as 

 long as carapace. Palp with patella and tibia unmodified, tibia 

 twice as long as patella. 



Measurements in mm. $ . Total length 10, carapace 3'5, 1st 

 leg 31. rf . Total length 6, carapace 3. 



Loc. Ceylon: Kandy (Green). 



Family UROCTEID^. 



Carapace transversely reniform, widely rounded in front and 

 laterally, posteriorly emarginate ; ocular group compact. Mouth- 

 parts weak and haustellate. Legs short and strong, spiny, 

 eubequal in length, armed with 3 claws. Abdomen large, de- 

 pressed, truncate in front, oval posteriorly ; posterior spinners 

 much longer than the anterior, with the long, thick, compressed 

 apical segment directed upwards; anterior spinners short, sub- 

 cylindrical, separated by a colulus ; anal papilla very large, fur- 

 nished laterally with fringe of long hair. 



Distribution. Mediterranean Eegion ; China, Japan ; S. Africa ; 

 India. 



Genus UEOCTEA, Duf. 



Uroctea, Duf our, Ann. Sci. Phys. v, p. 198, 1820 ; Simon, Hist. Nat. 



Araiyn. i, p. 451, 1893. 

 Characters and distribution as above. 

 Type, U. durandi, Latr. 



Habits. These Spiders live under stones, &c., where they spin a 

 small saccular tent-like web attached to the under side of the stone 

 by about five subradially arranged bands of silk. 



279. Uroctea indica, sp. n. 



$ . Colour : carapace and legs darker 

 or paler yellowish brown, with blackish 

 markings ; abdomen blackish above, 

 sometimes marked with seven pale spots, 

 six lateral and one posterior median. 

 Vulva consisting of a trans versely- 

 elliptical plate, impressed behind with a 

 small circular pit and marked with 

 nearly semicircular grooves in front. 

 Total length 13 mm. 

 Loc. Western India : Poona 

 ( Wroughtori). 

 Fig. 83. 

 Uroctea indica, ? , X 3. 



