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(1250 feet), near Adderley Station (2398 feet), and 'again 

 near Hillgrove Station (3580 feet), but not above this level. 

 These are the lower parts of the great Coonoor Ghaut. 



5. Stegodyphus sociah's (Poc). 



An allied species has been reported from Bangalore by 

 Staunton. It is found on the Casuarina trees on Elliot's 

 Beach, just south of Madras city. 



Sicariidse. 



Representatives of the genera Loxosceles and Scytodes are 

 both found in South India, but are not common. 



Loxosceles (Lowe), 1831. 



6. Loxosceles erythrocephala (C. L. Koch) 



I have got as a house-spider, found at the bottom of a big 

 glass vase within a cupboard. It was living on an irregular 

 web covering the bottom of the vase and bearing remains of 

 the victims. 



7. Loxosceles sp. ? 



A pair were found beneath a heavy box on the verandah 

 among dust associating with Chelifers. 



Loxosceles is not reported from the East by Simon, cf. i. 

 p. 273, but by Thorell, cf. p. 68. 



Locality. Madras city, all the year round within houses. 



Scytodes (Latr.), 1804. 

 8. Scytodes gilva (Diciis gilva), Thor. 



Also met with as a house-spider, slender with long legs 

 black at the joints. Web consists of a very irregular mass 

 of threads. Both Loxosceles and Scytodes are nocturnal 



only. 



Locality. Madras city within bungalows all the year 

 round. 



These genera are probably found only on the plains. I 

 have seen none on the hills. 



S. marmorata (0. L. Koch) and S. pallida (Dol.) are 

 Malayan. The latter lives within curled up leaves after the 

 manner of Clubionids and Theridiids, cf. Sim. i. p. 276. 

 Such Theridiids and Clubionids are common here on the 



