THE GREAT INDIAN SPIDERS, 131 
Table for the Determination of the known Species of Pececilotheria, based 
upon Females, 
a. Femora* oflegsa uniform dark colour beneath and on the 
inner side, not striped black.and white or black and yellow ; 
(anterior femora not. fringed). 
a’, Legs and palpi conspicuously banded on their upper sides, 
the lower and inner sides of the palpus and. of the first and 
second legs showing a conspicuous yellow spot on the apex 
of the femur, the basal half of the, patella, and at both ends 
of the tibie, the spot on the base of. the tibia occupying 
barely one-third of the length of the segment; third and 
fourth legs similarly banded, but with smaller spots ; legs 
without strong metallic blue reflections below.ee..-ssse0000 SUbfusca, Pos. 
b*. Legs and palpiscarcely noticeably banded above, the lower 
side of palpi uniformly dark coloured ; lower side of legs 
similarly dark coloured, but with a large orange-yellow 
spot at the base of the tibia and extending over nearly 
half its length; legs (especially the anterior two pairs) 
with strong metallic blue reflection Delow......sce-s-ess-0. Metallica, Sp. 0. 
6. Femora of legs whitish or yellow beneath and on the inner 
side, the first and second pairs, and usually the third and 
fourth also, with a conspicuous black stripe on the distal half 
beneath ; (femora fringed or not), ; 
a”. Lower side of abdomen with a broad reddish transverse 
band behind the genital fold ; femora of palpi and anterior 
legs fringed; anterior legs lemon-yellow beneath, with 
broad black stripes ; posterior legs bluish-white, with broad 
stripes ; no internal basal spot on anterior femora)........... 7égalis, Sp. 0. 
b?. Lower side of abdomen a uniform chocolate-brown or black, 
without a broad reddish band behind the genital fold. 
a*, Tibia of palpus a uniform deep. chocolate-brown 
beneath; (lower side of legs whitish; the anterior 
femora with inner basal patch and broad distal stripe ; 
femur of third leg at most weakly banded, of fourth not 
banded below ; their segments on the anterior legs with- 
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b, Tibia of palpus:pale beneath, with at most traces of black 
patches extending inwards from the sides of the 
segments. 
a*, Femora of legs without well-developed fringes; black 
stripes on the lower side of anterior femora narrow, 
also very narrow on femur of third leg, and absent on 
* The legs of spiders consist of seven segments, named as follows from base to apex :— 
coxa, trochanter, femur, patella, tibia, protarsus, tarsus. In the palpus (the small front. 
leg) the protarsus is absent, 
