436 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol, X7II, 
Lycosa pictula, sp. 0. 
Q. Much smaller than the preceding species, ventral surface pale, 
legs yellowish, banded with black, upper side of abdomen blackish 
with pale spots. Posterior median eyes very large, less than a diameter 
above the clypeus ; eyes of anterior line strongly procurved, medians 
much larger, their inferior edges about as high as the centres of the 
laterals. Pit of vulva longer than wide, rounded in front, the median 
crest longer than the cross-bar, lightly incrassate in front. 
Measurements in millimetres.—Total length 11; carapace 5, first leg 
13, fourth leg 18. 
Loc, Chopda in Eastern Khandesh (Madan). 
Lycosa madanz, sp. n. 
Q@. A little larger than L. pictula and more robust, ventral surface 
pale, legs pale, not banded, dorsal surface normally coloured, mandibles 
without yellow or red hairs in front. Posterior median eyes of 
medium size, more than their diameter above the edge of the clypeus ; 
eyes of anterior line straight, medians larger, the four as wide as the 
posterior medians. Pit of vulva nearly parallel-sided, concayely 
truncate in front, the median keel longer than the cross-bar. 
Measurements in millimetres.—Total length 13; carapace 5°5, first 
leg 12°5, fourth leg 16. 
Loe. Chopda in Eastern Khandesh (Madan). 
Lycosa yerbury?, sp. u. 
-@. Colour very like that of L. phipsoni; tibie of third and fourth 
legs distinctly banded below, patella and tibia of paipus clothed in front 
with yellow hairs like the upper half of the mandible. yes of anterior 
line slightly procurved, medians larger than laterals, posterior medians 
about their diameter above the edge of the clypeus. Vulva very 
different from that of the previously-described species, the cross-bar 
of the median crest curving forwards on each side to form a distinet 
horseshoe-shaped sclerite. 
Measurements in millimetres——Total length 15 ; carapace 9, first leg 
2, fourth leg 22°5. 
Loc. Ceylon: Trincomali (Col, Yerbury). 
The females of the foregoing species of Zycosa from Western India 
may be tabulated as follows :— 
A. Ventral surface of abdomen yellowish-brown, paler 
than the sides, . 
