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type); Nesticus aelleni n. sp. (Nesticidae; typical locality : Stripura cave, Kuruwita; 

 (JÇ) the first real Nesticid of the Oriental région; Mimetus strinatii n. sp. (Mime- 

 tidae; typical locality: Rawanaella cave, Ella; ^ unkown) probably not con- 

 generical with M. indicus Simon (the geographically nearest species). Pholcus 

 ceyionicus O. Pickard-Cambridge is re-described ((^Ç; types examined, lectotypes 

 fixed); it is probably not congenerical with the Palaearctic Pholcus- species; a 

 Gamasomorpha, probably G. subclathrata Simon is re-described (Ç); a description 

 is given of an undetermined Uloborus ((^9). The following species (not collected 

 by Messrs. Aellen and Strinati) are re-described over the types: Andasta semi- 

 crgentea Simon ((^Ç; only the Ç is surely a type); Theridiosoma picteti Simon (q); 

 Mimetus indicus Simon (Ç) ; Phobetinus sagittifer Simon (çJÇ ; only the 2 is surely a 

 type). Some considérations are made over taxonomical problems in Oriental 

 Theridiosomatidae and Mimetidae and over the composition of the spider fauna 

 of tropical caves. 



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