1869.] Indian Araclmoidea. 239 



The abdomen is almost regularly oviform, tumid, slightly covering the 

 base of the thorax, nearly twice as long as the last ; it is covered with 

 numerous short, depressed, white hairs. The upper side is brown, 

 with a central longitudinal yellowish mark, in shape very much 

 resembling the from of a sword ; about the middle there are two 

 white dots on each side, one below the other. The sides are pale brown, 

 and the central portion below dark brown, with two undulating longi- 

 tudinal yellow marks, extending from the epiginium to the spinners. 

 The latter have five appendages, one single largest in front and two 

 pairs next to it posteriorly. The trachean opercula are subtriangular, 

 large, situated near each other at the front edge, The genital opening 

 lies some distance from this edge, on the inside of a dark brown 

 strongly raised claw, resting on an inflated, pale coloured tubercle. 

 Length of the thorax 3 m.m. ; its width about the middle 2.4 m.m. 



abdomen 8 „ „ '; 5.5 „ „ 



Length of one of the 1st pair of feet 15 m.m. 



2nd 13.8 „ „ 



3rd 9.5 „ „ 



4th 11 „ „ 



The species is in many respects allied to the well known JS. apocli- 

 sa, which has a geographical distribution from North America and 

 Sweden to Egypt ; it is, however, readily distinguished from it by 

 the shorter thorax in proportion to its length, and by its markings 

 above and below ; the colouring of the abdomen is also somewhat 

 different. 



Loc. Calcutta. The only female was found in a godown, and al- 

 though I had repeatedly instituted a search after this beautiful species, 

 I never obtained a second specimen of it. 



Epeira hirsutula, Stol. PI. XX, Fig. 13. 



£ Cephalothorax slightly longer than broad, rather high and con- 

 vex, narrowest in front and gradually becoming wider, being widest 

 near the posterior end which is broadly truncate ; — general colour 

 uniform brownish yellow. 



Ocular region slightly elevated at the frontal superior edge. Of the 

 central eyes those of the anterior pair are a little closer together than 

 the posterior ones ; the laterals are somewhat smaller, nearly conti- 

 guous, but distant from the former. 



