242 Indian Arachnoidea. [No. 4, 



colour, above, is silvery white, posteriorly with a yellowish or golden 

 tinge. There are three parallel longitudinal black stripes, the central 

 one connected about the middle with each lateral one by two short 

 and diverging, dark stripes. 



The sides are marked each with one long white stripe, originating 

 anteriorly and terminating at the spinners ; a second white but short 

 stripe begins near the posterior end ; the rest of the sides and the 

 surface below is black. On the latter there are three longitudinal 

 white stripes between the sexual opening and the spinners ; the central 

 one of these is often rather indistinct, the middle portion of the abdo- 

 men possessing a conspicuous emerald green spot, while in continuation 

 of the lateral stripes there are two white dots on either side of the 

 spinners. The epiginium is blackish brown, slightly prominent, 

 posteriorly provided with two minute points. 

 Length of the cephalothorax 5 m.m. ; its width in the middle 4 m.m. 



abdomen 8.5 ,, ,, ; 4 ,, „ 



Length of one foot of the first pair 24.4 m.m. 



2nd 24 „ „ 



3rd 12.5 „ „ 



4th 16 „ „ 



Loc. Neighbourhood of Calcutta, not common on bushes or high 

 grasses ; it has also been obtained by Mr. Peel at Sibsagor in Assam. 

 All the specimens that I have examined were females. 



Epeira (Nephila ?) cicatrosa, Stoi. Pi. XX, Fig. 5. 



9 The cephalothorax is longer than broad, tumid, the ocular por- 

 tion being the smaller one, oval, well margined ; the posterior is 

 somewhat depressed along the longitudinal line, and convex on either 

 side of it ; the general colour is pale greenish, with a broad brown band 

 along the centre, and two stripes one parallel to each of the curved 

 margins ; a short streak runs from each of the posterior eyes disappear- 

 ing posteriorly at the end of the ocular region of the thorax. 



The central eyes are rather distant, the anterior being a little smaller 

 than the posterior ; the lateral eyes are close together, but distinctly 

 separated, and placed on about the same line with the posterior centrals, 

 but nearer to these than they themselves are from the anterior 

 centrals. 



