SOME NEW SPECIES OF SPIDERS FROM BRITISH INDIA, 486: 
than in that species, with thinner, more elevated edges, inversely 
cordate, the median crest angularly expanded in the middle, - 
Measurements in millimetres—Total lenath 22 ; carapace 11, first leg: 
31, fourth leg 35. 
Loc. Jaoli in Satara (Master), 
Lycosa tranii, sp. n. 
Q@. Coloured much as in LZ. phinson?, but the nestenen hia not! 
banded, and the hairy clothing on the front of the mandible scanty . 
and grey in tint, not yellow. Posterior median eyes .very large, 
ahout half a diameter apart and about their own diameter. above: the’ 
edge of the clypeus; eyes of anterior line slightly procurved, the 
medians much larger than the- laterals. Pit of vulva transversely 
elliptical, wider than long, the median crest distinct in front, expanding 
into a broad irregularly quadrate plate, which posteriorly intervenes. 
between the extremities of the right and left edges of the pit. . | 
Measurements in millimetres.—Total length 15 ; carapace. § D,° first: 
leg 20, fourth leg 24. 
Loc, Eastern District of Poona (Jran?). 
Lycosa prolifica, sp. n. a} 
@. Smaller than L. phipsoni, but much resembling thos _species in 
colour, except that the sternum is noticeably redder than. the coxe, : 
Posterior median eyes very large, less than their diameter above 
the edge of the clypeus ; eyes of anterior line strongly procurved, 
the medians larger, their inferior edges above the level of the 
centres of the laterals. Vulva with its pit wider than. that. of Ls 
phipsoni, with its edges thinner, the cross-bar uf the median crest eee 
Measurements in millimetres.—T otal length 15 ; carapace 7°5, first leg.-:; 
18°5, fourth leg 22. 
Loc. Hastern District of Poona, very abundant eae 
Lycosa fuscana, sp. 0. Hie, 
Q. Allied to ZL. prolifica, but less distinctly: banded sata the ef 
integument of the legs dark, the femora scarcely paler: beneath than 
the coxe, sides of abdomen not whitish inferiorly, the tint blending 
with that of the inferior surface. Vulva with pit ani oval, much 
narrower than in ZL. prolifica. - ' 4 Ree 
Measurements in millimetres—Total length 14 5; carapace 8, ‘first, emi 
20, fourth leg 25, ee ee 
Loc. astern District of Poona (Jrani). 
