252 On South Indian Arachnology. 



Madras. The cocoon on or within a withered leaf measures 

 10 mm. and contains 50-60 eggs. Common on Calotropis 

 along the Beach. Oxyopes hindoxtanicua 1 have f'oun I eating 

 the comparatively large moth Utetheha pulchella (Linn.). 



Locality. Madras city ; Kotagiri, where they are common 

 among dead leaves on the ground ; Coonoor. 



85. Oxyopes birmanicus (Thor.). 



Found like 0. rufisternis running on the hedge in the 

 compound. The cocoon is placed within a withered curled 

 up leaf. It is irregular in form and was found to contain in 

 one case 40 spiderlings, in another instance the circular mass 

 of eggs measured 8 mm. diameter and contained 104 eggs. 



Locality. Madras city. 



86. Oxyopes wrouylitoni (Poc). 



Reported from Balsar. It greatly resembles O. birmanicus 

 in colour. 



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