264 CLTTBIONIDvE. 



321. Spariolenus tlgris, Simon, Act. Sac. Linn. Bord. xxxiv, p. 281 

 1881. 



$ . Carapace and abdomen covered with a mixture of rusty-red 

 and white hairs, mottled with black ; legs and palpi yellowish, 

 strongly banded with brown. Carapace as wide as long, shorter 

 than tibia of 3rd leg. Legs very long. Abdomen pentagonal ; vulva 

 consisting of a pair of round pits surrounded by subcircular rings 

 which meet in the middle line. 



Measurements in mm. Total length 13, carapace 6, 2nd leg 37, 

 4th 34. 



Lot. Matheran (PMpson) ; Poona ( Wroughton) ; Calcutta (Gates 

 # Simon). 



Spariolenus megalopis, Thorell (K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. 

 xxiv, no. 2, p. 77, 1891), based upon an immature female from the 

 Nicobar Islands, is not classifiable. 



Genus PANDERCETES, L. Koch. 



Pandercetes, L. Koch, Arachn. Austral, p. 739, 1875 : Simon, Hist. 

 Nat. Araign. ii, p. 56, 1897. 



Differs from Heteropoda in having the thoracic region of the 

 carapace flat and low, and the head raised and sharply denned ; 

 eyes much as in Heteropoda, those of anterior line straight, quad- 

 rangle parallel-sided or nearly so. Legs generally plumose. 



Type, P. gracilis, L. Koch. 



Distribution. India to Australia. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



a. Legs not plumose ; femora, coxae, and sternum 



uniformly pale below ( cJ ) P. macilenttus, p. 265 . 



b. Legs thickly plumose ; sternum and coxae black, 



anterior femora coloured below ( $ ). 



a 1 . Anterior femora orange-yellow below P. decipiens, p. 264. 



b l . Anterior femora blackish bronze below .... P. celatus, p. 265. 



322. Pandercetes decipiens, Pocock, Jour. 

 Bom. N. H. Soc. xii, p. 753 : ? plumipes, 

 Karsch, Berl. ent. Zeits. xxxvi, p. 290, 

 1892 (Zatapina) (not of Doleschall). 



$ . Colour of upper side greyish and 

 mottled with brown so as to match the 

 lichen-covered bark of trees ; coxae, 

 labium, and sternum shining black, 

 femora of 1st and 2nd legs orange-yellow 

 below. Carapace slightly longer than 

 wide ; shorter than femur of 1st leg. 

 Legs with their margins thickly tufted 

 with hairs. Abdomen nearly twice as 

 long as wide. 



Total length 16 mm., carapace 7. 

 Pandercetes 'decipiens, $> , Loc. Ceylon : Punduloya (Green). 



