260 CLUBIONID.E. 



Females. 



a. Abdomen black, with yellow border below . . H. prompta, p. 261. 



b. Abdomen not darker beneath than at sides. 



a 1 . Carapace shorter than tibia of 3rd leg. ... H. kandiana, p. 261. 

 ft 1 . Carapace not shorter than tibia of 3rd leg. 

 a 2 . Anterior femora infuscate below. 



a 3 . 4th leg not longer than 1st H.fabrei, p. 261. 



ft 3 . 4th leg longer than 1st. 



a 4 . Carapace strongly elevated behind. H. plebeia, p. 262. 

 ft 4 . Carapace not strongly elevated 



behind H. leprosa, p. 262. 



ft 2 . Anterior femora not infuscate below. 

 a*. Anterior median eyes as large as 



anterior laterals H. lutea, p. 263. 



ft 5 . Anterior median eyes smaller than 



anterior laterals. 



a 6 . Median sclerite of vulva hammer- 

 shaped H. se.rpunctata, p. 261. 



ft 6 . Median sclerite of vulva not 



hammer-shaped. 



a 1 . Carapace very high behind .... H. languida, p. 262. 

 ft 7 . Carapace low behind. 



a*. Lobes of vulva separated by 



median tongue-shaped sclerite H. phasma, p. 260. 

 ft". Lobes of vulva posteriorly in 



contact H. venatoria, p. 260. 



307. Heteropoda venatoria, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, p. 1035, 1766 

 (Aranea), and of recent authors : ferina, Simon, J. A. S. B. Ivi, 

 p. 102, 1887 (Heteropoda). 



$> . Prevailing colour of hair a greyish mouse-brown above and 

 below ; clypeus yellow ; usually a yellow black-bordered stripe on 

 the posterior slope of carapace. Carapace low, about, as long as 

 tibia of 3rd leg ; eyes of anterior line with their upper edges on a 

 level, laterals one-third of their diameter larger than medians. 

 Vulva with lateral lobes in contact. 



S . Smaller and yellower than female ; carapace with large 

 black patch on each side ; legs spotted with black. Legs much 

 longer than in female ; carapace shorter than tibia of 3rd leg. 

 Tibial apophysis of palp short, armed with two teeth. 



Measurements in mm. $. Total length 26, carapace 11, 1st 

 leg 52, 4th 48. <J . Total length 21, carapace 9-5, 1st leg 56, 

 4th 48. 



Loc. Common in houses in India, Ceylon, and Burma. Arti- 

 ficially introduced from the East into all tropical countries. 



308. Heteropoda phasma, Simon, Mem. Soc. Zool. Fr. x. p. 258, 1897. 



$ . Hairy clothing very pale, silky yellowish grey ; mandibles 

 shining black. Eyes of anterior line more procurved than in 

 H. venatoria; the medians about half the diameter of the laterals. 



