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Tegenaria (Latr.), 1804. 

 73. Tegenaria domestica (Clerck). 



This common British species is now worldwide in distri- 

 bution. I found one male on the window curtain of the 

 dining-room of the bungalow one afternoon. 



Locality. Kandaloya, Ceylon. Not commonly found in 

 the Tropics. 



Pisauridse. 



EUPROSTHENOPS (Poc), 1897. ' 



74. Euprosthenops ellioti (0. P.-Camb.). 



From the web stretched between prickly-pear {Opuntia) 

 bushes not far from the side of the River Adyar. The spider 

 lived for several days inside a tube which had some formalin 

 in it. The peculiar arrangement of the anterior lateral eyes, 

 giving the old name Podophthalma to the group, makes 

 identification simple. Web is large and very irregular, the 

 spider resting inverted below it, cf. Psechrus. 



Locality. Madras city, banks of the Adyar. Already 

 reported from Chingleput by Jambunathan. The spider is 

 said to be found on bushes only near water. 



Thalassius (Sim.), 1885. 



75. Thalassius phipsoni (?) (F. Camb.). 



Found running across bedroom floor at 10 P.M. Spider is 

 therefore nocturnal, characterised by two very distinct, lateral, 

 bright yellow lines passing right down the cephalothoiax and 

 abdomen dorsally. Rest of the surface olive. 



Locality. Madras city. 



Lycosidae. 



HiPPASA (Sim.), 1885. 



76. Hippasa agelenoides (Sim.). 



Seems to be the common small Lycosid found on its 

 peculiar web among the grass of the compound and at the 

 road-sides. It is a small banded spider, from 7 to 11 mm. 

 long, and is fond of making its web with a distinct tunnel. 

 Very often it is got resting within the tunnel awaiting a 

 victim to alight on the sheet-like expansion of the web. 

 The tunnel is open at both ends, The mother carries her 



