254 OXYOPID.E. 



298. Lycosa indagatrix, Walck. Ins. Apt. i, p. 339, 1837 ; Simon, Ann. 



Mus. Genova, xx, p. 366, 1884. 



2 Closely resembling L. phipsoni in colour &c. ; the mandible 

 clothed almost to the apex with red hairs, and the tibiae of all the 

 legs banded below, being white in the middle and blackish at the 

 ends. Vulva with fovea scarcely longer than wide ; the median 

 keel rather narrow and distinctly swollen in the middle. 



c? . Carapace more strongly banded than in female ; legs longer, 

 with white tibial bands broader than the dark patches on the 

 anterior legs. 



Total length ( ) about 25 mm., carapace 12-5. 



Loc. S. India : Pondichery, Wagra-Karoor in Bellary, &c. 

 (Simon} ; Chingleput (Jambunathan). 



299. Lycosa catula, Simon, Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. x, p. 457, 1885. 



5 . At once recognizable from the preceding species by having 

 the black of the lower side of the abdomen relieved by numerous 

 white spots irregularly arranged laterally and forming more 

 definite longitudinal lines mesially. Tibiae of all the legs white in 

 the middle below as in L. indaf/atrix, but the white not broader 

 than the black at the extremities. Median bar of vulva very 

 acute. 



Length up to about 20 mtn. 



Loc. S. India : Coimbatore (Theobald) ; Tercaud in the Shevaroy 

 Hills (Henderson). 



300. Lycosa chaperi, Simon, Bull. Soc. Zool Fr. x, p. 8, 1885; id. 



op. tit. p. 458, t. x, fig. 3, 1885. 



$ . Differs from all the foregoing species in having the sternum 

 and cox83 reddish or olive-yellow instead of black, and the legs 

 entirely pale below, not even the tibiae of the 4th being banded. 

 Fovea of vulva closed behind by a large, transversely trapeziform 

 plate, without any median keel. 



Length 14 mm. 



Loc. Wagra-Karoor near Guntakal, Bellary district (Fabre). 



Family OXYOPID^. 



Carapace oval, high ; head narrow, subacuminate ; eyes forming 

 a compact subcircular group, those of the posterior line being 

 typically strongly procurved and those of the anterior recurved, 

 the anterior medians minute ; clypeus very high, vertical. Man- 

 dibles long, not prominent, acuminate ; fang short ; fang-groove 

 unarmed or weakly armed ; maxillae and labium very long. Legs 

 long, slender, armed with long black spines, not scopulate ; three 

 claws. Abdomen generally oval, narrowed behind ; spinning-mamilla 

 short, subequal ; a small colulus present. 



Distribution. Temperate and tropical countries. 



