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(Thor.), described by Tliorell from Burma. It is a very 

 small delicate spider found on the bushes. The second is a 

 female, but does not at all agree in proportions with Simon's 

 illustration of the female of A. flagellum, cf. i. p. 498. It is 

 only 4 mm. long also. 



Argiopidae. 



This huge family includes the numerous orb-weavers 

 (Epeiridse). 



Tetragnatha (Latr.), 1804. 

 24. Tetragnatha gracilis (Stol.). 



The small orb-web is said by Pocock to be always found 

 over water, but this is not the case, for the spider and its 

 web are often far from water, in such places as the wire- 

 netting of the tennis court, doors of the bungalow, hedges, 

 and bushes well away from water, as on the dry sandy beach 

 of Madras. T. gracilis seems specially fond of making its 

 web on the withered branches of spiky bushes. It is the 

 smallest species mentioned by Poeock. The cocoon is a long, 

 irregular, dark grey mass like a Rupert's drop in shape and 

 is always attached to a withered branch. It is 30 mm. long 

 and contained in the one examined 12 young spiders. 



Locality. Madras city ; Nilgiris at Kotagiri ; Madras 

 Beach. 



25. Tetragnatha geniculata (Karsch) 



makes its big web always at sundown : the biggest of the 

 three species mentioned by Pocock. Found on the hills with 

 big webs over running water. 



Locality. Madras Beach ; Pykara, Nilgiris. 



26. Tetragnatha hasselti, var. birmanica (Thor.). 



Found on the bushes on the Beach associated with 

 T. geniculata. 



27. Tetragnatha mandibulata (Walck.). 



Found on a bush overhanging a well. ? laid 250 eggs 

 within the test-tube the same night on which she was taken. 

 Eggs within a central mass with diameter 6 mm. covered by 

 light grey silk. 



Locality. Madras city, Madras Beach ; Coonoor, Nilgiris 

 (5600 feet). 



