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NEFHILBKOYS MALABARENSIS, Walck. 
1841. — Epcira milabarensis, Waick, H.N. d, Ins. Apt., ii., p. loa. 
1895,— Nfjpliilengys do, Thor, The Spidtrs of Burma, p. 160. 
Description of Plate 127 ?. — spider magnified; 4 natural size; profile ; 
labium and fakes ; c, eyes ; / epigyne ; ^ palpus ; A, two forms of J ; /, size of smaller 
form ; snartj on face of n-all ; /, do. on tree (greatly reduced). 
This large and handsome spider is found in all parts of the tropics. It is very variable 
in colour and iiijie. Its snare is usually only the segment of a circle^ and in most cases 
has a tunnel from the centre of the web into which it retreats. There are two distinct 
forms of the i , The smaller and commoner form is of a dark chestnut brown colour, 
while the other has markings similar to the % . This latter form I have only found in 
Colombo. 
