The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by W.T. Blanford. Arachnida / by R.I. Pocock.

Date:: 1900

Credit: The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by W.T. Blanford. Arachnida / by R.I. Pocock. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$339. Thelcticopis paripes, Karsch, Zeits. Naturw. Hi, p. 5o0, t. vii, f. 7, 1879 (Themeropis) ; id. Bcrl. ent. Zcits. xxxvi, p. 293, 1892 (Stasiiia). cf. Eesembling the preceding, but with the anterior median nearer to each other than to the laterals. Tibial apophysis double, consistiDg of au inner branch, long, crooked, and sharp, and an outer short, conical, diverging at a right angle. Total length 14 mm., carapace 6, 1st le- 22. Loc. Ceylon (Nietner). ° 340. Thelcticopis canescens, Simon, J. A. S. B. Ivi, p. 103, 1887. 2 . Colour : integument deep reddish brown, hairs on carapace white, on abdomen ashy yellow; ventral area not black. Tibim of anterior two pairs of legs with 5 pairs of inferior spines. Vulva oblong, marked with a median wide reddish groove. d. Tibial apophysis of palp consisting of two long subequal smooth processes. $ . Total length 21 mm., carapace 9, 1st leg 24. (S. Length of carapace 8 mm., 1st leg 27-7. Loc. Hills between Burma and Siam. 341. Thelcticopis birmanicus, Thorell, Spiders of Burma n 274 1895. , (J. i/*, ? . Principally differs from T. canescens in being of a paler hue the carapace being reddish and the legs yellowish brown. Cleft of vulva broad in front, narrowed behind, occupied by a piriform sclerite. Total length 14 mm., carapace 6-5, 1st leg 18. Loc. Tenasserim (Oates). 342. Thelcticopis pictus, Thorell, Ann. Mus. Genova, xxv p 254 1887 (Seramba). ' ' Apparently resembling T. nalandicus in most structural charac- ters and m coloration, but with tlie hairy clothing of the carapace and legs olive-yellow; the abdomen black, ornamented above with pale spots and stripes. Anterior tibiaa armed below with 5 pairs of spines. Cavity of vulva nearly circular, occupied by Y-shaped Total length 21 mm. Loc. Burma: Shwegoo Myo (fea). The following species of this family, based upon an immature female example, is of doubtful generic position : Ilolconia arniillata, Thorell, Ann. Mus. Genova, xxv, p. 233 1897 _ Loc. Burma; Shwegoo Myo {Fea). '$