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Drassodes (Westr.), 1851. 

 10. Drassodes lapidosus (Walck.) 



is taken by Simon as the type of his first group, cf. 

 i. p. 359. My specimen agrees with the description there 

 given and may be D. lapidosus itself, which is reported by 

 Simon from Central and Eastern Asia. The eyes in my 

 specimen are exactly as figured by Simon in fig. 319, which 

 gives the arrangement for D. lapidosus. As the specimen 

 was sent me among others I have no idea as to where it was 

 found and when. 



Locality. Palghat (June). 



Leptodrassus (Sim.), 1378. 

 11. Leptodrassus sp. ? 



agrees with Simon's description (i. p. 363) and with his 

 figure of the eyes for Leptodrassus femineus (i. p. 355). The 

 teeth on the chelicera are two in number also. The only 

 specimens I have got were all found within white woolly 

 tufts of silk under the ledges of the old lighthouse in the 

 High Court compound, Madras. These spiders associate 

 very closely with certain Attids. For, if the white mass be 

 touched, usually the Attids emerge first and jump off, while 

 the Drassid remains within its hollow. 

 Locality. Madras city, all the year round. 



Zodariidae. 

 Cryptothele (C. L. Koch), 1872. 

 12. Cryptothele ceylonica (Camb.) 



was found along with a Theridiid whose irregular web 

 was over a few dried leaves, on which the Theridiid was 

 resting beside her cocoon. Cryptothele was the exact colour 

 of the withered leaves. 



Locality. Nawalapitiya, Ceylon (March). 



Hersiliidae, 

 Hersilia (Sav.), 1827. 



13. Hersilia savignyi (Luc). 



The only member of this family I have come across is 

 Hersilia savignyi (Luc), which is common in Madras. 



