BPAEABSUS. 287 



b. Lateral lobes of vulva widely separated at 



least posteriorly. 

 a 1 . Carapace as long as patella and tibia of 



4th leg S. hirtus, p. 267. 



b l . Carapace shorter than patella and tibia of 

 4th leg. 



a-. Abdomen uniformly pale below S. impudicus, p. 268. 



b 2 . Abdomen black below in middle. 



a 3 . Cleft of vulva short, oval S. punctipes, p. 268. 



b 3 . Cleft of vulva long, acutely angular in 



front. 

 a 4 . Tibiae of legs not spotted; coxae 



paler than sternum S. lamarcki, p. 267. 



b*. Tibiae of legs spotted ; coxse and legs 



uniformly black S. senilis, p. 267. 



327. Sparassus lamarcki, Latreille, Gen. Cnt*t. etc. i, p. 113, 1806 



(Thomisus) ; Simon, Act. Soc. Linn. Bord. xxxiv, p. 301, 1881 

 (Olios). 



5 . Colour : carapace deep brown, covered with yellowish-white 

 hairs ; mouth-parts and sternum black ; legs with greyish-yellow 

 hairy clothing ; femora white below, mottled with black, with 

 black patch at base and apex, tibiae with black basal spot ; abdomen 

 black below, golden yellow varied with black above. Carapace a 

 little longer than wide. Vulva with lateral lobes separated by a 

 A-shaped cleft occupied by a median black skeletal piece, narrow 

 in front, expanded behind. 



d . Smaller than $ , paler ; sternum, mouth-parts, and lower side 

 of femora reddish, with white hairs ; median ventral band of 

 abdomen paler and narrower. Tibial apophysis of palp long, 

 pointed, and straightened; palpal organ armed with a great 

 forwardly-directed spike. 



Measurements in mm. $. Total length 21, carapace 10, 2nd 

 leg 42. d . Total length 13, carapace 6, 2nd leg 33-5. 



Loc. Ceylon : Kandy and Trincomali (Yerbury) Punduloya 

 (Green); Peradenyia. India: Chingleput (Jumbunathan) ; Coim- 

 batore ; Pondichery. Madagascar. 



328. Sparassus senilis, Simon, Act. Soc. Linn. Bord. xxxiv. p. 303, 



1881. 



$ . Allied to the preceding, but apparently differing in having 

 the coxse black like the sternum, and the tibia? spotted below like 

 the femora, the median skeletal piece of the vulva triangular, and 

 the carapace as wide as long. 



Measurements in mm. Length of carapace 8*4, 2nd leg 37'6. 



Loc. Ceylon (Simon). 



329. Sparassus hirtUS, jLarsch, Zeits.ges. Naturw. lii, p. 560, 1879 



(Pelmopoda). 



$ . Colour much as in the preceding two species, but with the 



