250 Dr. W. Rae Sherriffs on 



cocoon behind attached to the spinnerets, as in all Lycosids. 

 The cocoon measures 5 mm. in diameter and is globular. I 

 have found it containing 130 spiderlings. 

 Locality. Madras city. 



77. Hippasa pantherina (Poc.) 



is equally common and has the same habits. It is a larger 

 spider reaching 16 mm. Both species greatly resemble each 

 other, and both have the sternum marked by a median black 

 longitudinal line. Here the cocoon measures 8 mm. in 

 diameter and I have found it with 308 spiderlings. 



Locality. Pallavaram ; Dolosbage, Ceylon ; Kotagiri, 

 Nilgiris. 



Lycosa (Latr.), 1804. 

 78. Lycosa indagatrix (Walck.) 



is the largest form. It is found living in tunnels or 

 burrows in the ground, measuring 20 mm. diameter and 

 about 200 mm. deep. This tube is not lined with silk, but 

 the open upper end has a circlet of dead leaves around it and 

 entering it. There may be a lining of silk round the upper- 

 part of the tube next the mouth. The leaves greatly help to 

 conceal the opening. Sometimes one leaf acts as a kind of 

 lid to the tube. The tube is always open, but the spiders are 

 purely nocturnal and have to be dug out during the daytime. 

 The young ones seem to lie concealed under the shelter of 

 stones and do not make small burrows. 

 Locality. Madras city, Ennur. 



79. Lycosa catula (Sim.). 



A cryptozoic spider found lurking under dead leaves lying 

 in the dry bed of a hill-stream. 



Locality. Shevaroy Hills, Yercaud. 



80. Lycosa chaperi (Sim.). 



A small form brought home from the Madras Christian 

 College. 



Locality. Madras city. 



Oxyopidae. 

 Peucetia (Thor.), 1870. 

 81. Peucetia graminea (Poc). 

 Found on the top of the fruit of Abutilon (Malvaceae) and 



