MISCELLANEOUS NOTES 4—. its tough, leathery, purple-red pigmented test, but differs in Branchial folds more than 5, with more than 20 internal the nature ofthe siphonal armature and the more numerous longitudinalvesselsonfolds 4 Siphonal armature Battenedspines M. exasperatus stigmata in each mesh. It has all characters described by — Siphonalarmatureneedle-likespines M.pupa HartmeyerandMichaelsen(1928),andKott(1985). ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS KeytothespeciesofMicrocosmusrecordedfromIndia —1. Siphonalarmatureabsent M.helleri We are thankful to the scientists of Central Marine Siphonalarmature present 2 Fisheries Research Institute, Tuticorin for providing the —2. Siphonalarmatureroundedscales M. squamiger material, and to Dr. T.K. Renganathan, V.O. Chidambaram 3. BSriapnhcohniaallafromldastu5roensepaicnhesside,withonly 10internallongitudina3l College,Tuticorinforsuggestions.Oneoftheauthors(VKM) UGC vesselson folds M. curvus isgratefultothe forfinancialassistance. REFERENCES Das, S.M. 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Invertebrate fauna of the intertidal zone of the Tokara Michaelsen, W. (1908): Die Pyuriden (Halocynthiiden) des Islands. VII. Ascidians. Publ. Seto mar. biol. Lab. 3(3): Naturhistorishchen Museum zu Hamburg. Mitt. Zool. Mus. 239-264. 28. NEW RECORD OF WOLF SPIDERS (ARANEAE: LYCOSIDAE) OF THE GENUS HIPPASA SIMON FROM BANGLADESH1 V. Biswas24andD. Raychaudhuri3'5 'Accepted December 7, 2004 "Department of Zoology, Government PC. College, Bagerhat 9301, Bangladesh. "Entomology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700 019, West Bengal, India. 4Email: [email protected] "Email: [email protected], [email protected] Introduction India(Pocock 1900;Gravely 1924;Tikader1970, 1977a, 1977b; Wolfspiders(FamilyLycosidae)areoneofthecommon TikaderandBiswas 1981;TikaderandMalhotra 1976, 1980; grounddwellingpredatorsofcrop-fieldsandotherhabitats. TikaderandMukerjee 1971),Burma(nowMyanmar)(Thorell In Bangladesh, works on these spiders are scarce except a 1895), Pakistan(Dyal 1935),China(ChenandZhang 1991; fewonesare(ChowdhuryandNagari 1981 Chowdhuryand Zhao 1993;Songetal. 1999),Japan(Tanaka 1985;Yaginuma ; Pal 1984; Biswasetal. 1993;Okumaetal. 1993; Begum and 1986) where several contributions are made on this Biswas 1997)found. Butintheneighbouringcountrieslike- group. 240 J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 104 (2), May-Aug 2007 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES Figs 1-7: Hippasagreenaliae(Blackwall) 1. H.greenaliae(dorsalview),2.Chelicerae,3. MaxillaeandLabium,4.Sternum,5.Epigynum,6. Internalgenitalia,7.Malepalp The present paper deals with four newly recorded specimensareidentifiedfromtheZoologicalSurveyofIndia, species ofthe genus Hippasa Simon from Bangladesh. All Kolkataandthemeasurementsaretakeninmillimetres. these species are variable in some external morphological The materials are at present in the collection of the characters and measurements with the earlier described DepartmentofZoology,GovernmentP.C.College,Bagerhat species.Therefore,onlyabriefdescriptionofsomevariable and will be deposited to the Museum ofthe Department of charactersandmeasurementsofbodysegmentsarepresented Zoology, UniversityofDhaka, Bangladesh, induecourse of with necessary drawings for each of the species. The time. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 104 (2), May-Aug 2007 241 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES 13 Figs8-14: HippasaholmaraeThorell 8. H.holmarae(dorsalview),9.Chelicerae, 10.MaxillaeandLabium, 11.Sternum, 12. Epigynum, 13.Internalgenitalia, 14.Malepalp Systematics 3rdrowbasallywithblackpatches;anteriorrowofeyeslonger Genus:HippasaSimon 1885 than the 2nd space enclosed between the posterior eyes ; wider behind. Sternum with a black mid-longitudinal 1885.HippasaSimon,Bull.Soc.Zool.Fr., 10: 31. band. Diagnosis: Cephalothoraxlongerthanwide, medially Abdomenlong,nearlycylindrical;posteriorspinnerets usually wide, centrally with a deep brown fovea. Eyes in considerably longer than the anterior spinnerets. 3 rows - anterior, middle and posterior; anterior row Type-species: Hippasaagelenoides(Simon) nearly straight or slightly recurved; eyes of 2nd and Distribution:Africa;Asia;Europe 242 1 Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 104 (2), May-Aug 2007 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES r 0'5 m m 20 Figs15-20: Hippasapartita(Cambridge) 15. H.partita(dorsalview), 16.Chelicerae, 17. MaxillaeandLabium, 18.Sternum, 19. Epigynum,20.Internalgenitalia Keytothespecies decorated;labiumbasallynarrow 2 2. Sternum typically heart-shaped, devoid of any longitudinal 1. Cephalothoraxelongate,anteriorlynarrowed(Fig.21);3rdrow band(Fig.4);abdominaldorsumwith2longitudinalposteriorly ofeyesmuchlargerandwidelyplaced;abdominaldorsumwith narrowingfurrowsinterconnectedby3transverseones(Fig. 1); 3pairsofsmallspots,otherwisenotdecorated;labiumbasally — cheliceraloutermarginwith2teeth(Fig.2) greenaliae — broad (Fig.23) pisaurina Sternumneverasabove,butalwayswithalongitudinalband; Cephalothoraxneverelongate;3rdrowofeyessimilartothe2nd abdominal dorsum never with any furrow; outer margin of row; abdominal dorsum never with such spots but always cheliceraewith3teeth 3 J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 104 (2), May-Aug 2007 243 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES Figs21-27:HippasapisaurinaPocock 21 H.pisaurina(dorsalview),22.Chelicerae,23.MaxillaeandLabium,24.Sternum,25. Epigynum,26. Internalgenitalia,27.Malepalp . 3. Epigyne tongue-like (Fig. 19); cephalic region constricted Hippasagreenaliae (Blackwall) (Fig. 15); anteriorrow ofeyes straight; maxillae basally flat (Figs 1-7) anddistallybroad(Fig. 17);sternumbroadanteriorly(Fig. 18) — Epigyneneverasabove(Fig. 12);cephalicregionneverconsptarritcittead 1867.LycosagreenaliaeBlackwall,Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist. (Fig.8);anteriorrowofeyesrecurved;maxillaebasallypointed, 3(19):387. mediallybroadandanteriorlynarrowing(Fig. 10);sternumbroad Description: Colour: Cephalothoraxdarkbrown;legs belowthemiddle(Fig. 11) holmarae yellow brown and abdomen brown with white patches. 244 J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 104 (2), May-Aug 2007 , MISCELLANEOUS NOTES Measurements(Female):Totalbodylength7.00mm.Carapace abdominallength4.50mm;abdominalwidth2.00mm. length3.50mm;carapacewidth2.50mm;abdominallength Material examined: 2 9 BRRI,Joydevpur,Gazipur, , 3.50mm;abdominalwidth2.10mm.(Male):Totalbodylength 15.ix.1992,Coll.V.Biswas;2 9,Shikarpur,Jhenidah, 19.xi.1991 6.00mm.Carapacelength2.40mm;carapacewidth2.00mm; Coll. V. Biswas; 1 9, Arpara, Magura, 18.viii.1992, Coll. abdominallength3.60mm;abdominalwidth 1.80mm. V. Biswas; 2 9, Teroshri, Manikganj, 11.ix. 1992, Material examined: 1 9, Bagerhat, 12.vii.1991, Coll. Coll. V. Biswas; 2 9, RU Campus, Rajshahi, 3.iii.1992, V.Biswas;2 9, 1 d,Faridpur, 18.v.1992,Coll.V.Biswas; 1 9, Coll. V. Biswas; 3 9, Digha, Rajshahi, 4.iii. 1992, BARI,Jessore, 14.ix.1992,Coll.V.Biswas; 1 9,Pabna,9.iv.1992, Coll.V.Biswas. Coll. V. Biswas; 2 9.1c?, Pirojpur, 12.vii.1992, Distribution: Bangladesh: Gazipur, Jhenidah, Coll.V.Biswas;2 9,Digha,Rajshahi,3.iii.1992,Coll.V.Biswas. Magura, Manikganj, Rajshahi; Alexandria;Arabia; Central Distribution: Bangladesh:Bagerhat,Faridpur,Jessore, Asia; Egypt; India; Pakistan (Tikader and Malhotra Jhenidah, Pabna, Pirojpur, and Rajshahi; India; Sri Lanka 1980). (TikaderandMalhotra 1980). Hippasapisaurina Pocock (Figs21-27) Hippasa Iwlmarae Thoreli (Figs8-14) 1900. Hippasa pisaurina Pocock, Fauna Brit. India, Arach.:250. 1895.HippasaholmaraeThoreli,SpidersofBurma:218. Description: Colour: Cephalothorax yellow; legs 4.50 Description: Colour: Cephalothorax golden yellow; yellow-brownandabdomenblackish.Measurements(Female): legsyellowandabdomengray.Measurements(Female):Total Total body length 10.30 mm. Carapace length 4.00 mm; body length 7.00 mm. Carapace length 3.60 mm; carapace carapacewidth3.00mm;abdominallength6.30mm;abdominal width2.50mm;abdominal length3.40mm;abdominalwidth width3.20mm. (Male):Totalbodylength7.00mm.Carapace 2.00mm. (Male):Totalbodylength6.00mm.Carapacelength length 2.50mm;carapacewidth 1.90mm;abdominal length 2.50mm;carapacewidth2.00mm;abdominallength3.50mm; mm;abdominalwidth2.00mm. abdominalwidth 1.80mm. Material examined: 29, Barisal, 1 1.iii.1992, Coll. Materialexamined:3 9,Barisal,18.ii.1991,Coll.V.Biswas; V.Biswas;2 9,S.Park,Dhaka, 18.x.1991,Coll.V.Biswas;2 9, 2 9,Chandpur,Comilla, 12.V.1991,Coll.V.Biswas;2 9,Potia, Shikarpur, Jhenidah, 8.ix.l989, Coll. V. Biswas; 2 9,1 d\ Chittagong, 12.iii.1992,Coll.V. Biswas;3 9,S. Park,Dhaka, Daulatpur,Khulna, 12.v.1991,Coll. V. Biswas; 1 9,Teroshri, 4.v.1991, Coll. V. Biswas; 2 9,1?, Modhukhali, Faridpur, Manikganj, 28.v.1992, Coll. V. Biswas; 2 9, BAU, 12.v.1990,Coll.V.Biswas;2 9,Nawapara,Jessore, 12.viii.1989, Mymenshingh, 18.v.1992, Coll. V. Biswas; 2 9, Pabna, Coll.V. Biswas;2 9, 1 d\Chalna,Khulna, 18.ix.1990,Coll. 19.V.1991, Coll. V. Biswas; 3 9, Rajshahi, 4.iii.l992, Coll. V.Biswas;2 9, 1 d1,Digha,Rajshahi,4.iii.1992,Coll.V.Biswas; V.Biswas; 1 9,Nagarpur,Tangail,5.viii.1992,Coll.V.Biswas; 2 9,BTRI,Srimongal,Sylhet, 18.x.1992,Coll.V. Biswas. 1 d,Kurigram,Rangpur, 11.iii.1992,Coll.V.Biswas. Distribution: Bangladesh: Barisal, Chittagong, Distribution: Bangladesh: Barisal, Dhaka, Faridpur, Comilla,Dhaka,Faridpur,Jessore, Khulna, Pabna,Rajshahi, Jessore,Jhenidah, Khulna,Manikganj,Mymenshingh,Pabna, Sylhet; Burma; China; India; Singapore (Tikader and Rajshahi, Rangpur, Tangail; India; Pakistan (Tikader and Malhotra 1980). Malhotra 1980). Hippasapartita(Cambridge) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (Figs 15-20) 1876. Trochosapartita Cambridge, Proc. Zool. Soc.: TheauthorsaregratefultoDr.S.C.Majumder,Scientist- 541. SD,SunderbanFieldResearchStation,ZoologicalSurveyof Description:Colour:Cephalothoraxyellow-brown,legs India, Canning, West Bengal for confirming the identity of yellow and abdomen blackish with few transverse whitish the species, and to the Head, Department of Zoology, hairy bands. Measurements (Female): Total body length UniversityofKolkata,forprovidinglaboratoryfacilitiesduiing 8.00mm.Carapacelength3.50mm;carapacewidth2.60mm; the study. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 104 (2), May-Aug 2007 245 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES REFERENCES Begum, A. & V. Biswas (1997): A list of the spider fauna of Barisal (Araneae) from Japan. Acta arachnol. 33(2): 51-87. division, Bangladesh (Araneae: Arachnida). Bangladesh J. Zool. Thorell, T. (1895): Descriptive catalogue ofthe spiders of Burma. 25(2): 207-210. British Museum ofNatural History, London: 1-406. Biswas,V.,H.R. Khan,N.Q.Kamal&A.Begum(1993):Apreliminary Tikader, B.K. (1970): SpiderfaunaofSikkim.Rec. zool. Surv. 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(1985): Description ofthe new species ofthe Lycosidae China. 552 pp. ADDITIONS TO THE GRASS GENERA OF NORTH-WEST RAJASTHAN 29. 1 H.K.Takhar2andS.S. Katewa3 'Accepted January 03, 2006 2Gram Post Badusar, via Roru-Bari, Dist. Sikar. Rajasthan 332 317, India. Email: [email protected] ’Laboratory of Ethnobotany and Agrostology, Department of Botany, College of Science, Udaipur 313 001, Rajasthan, India. Email: [email protected] Intensiveandextensivesurveyoverthelastsevenyears laterally.Lowerglume3mmlong. onthegrassflora.FamilyPoaceae,ofnorth-westernRajasthan Ecology:Agrassofdamphabitats,growingincolonies, (comprising ten districts of north-west Rajasthan, namely between rocks on walls ofhouses. Banner,Chum,Ganganagar,Hanumangarh,Jaisalmer,Jodhpur, FI. & Fr.:August-October Nagaur, SikarandJhunjhunu) have yielded fourunrecorded Locality:Jhunjhunu the grass genera from this region. Full description with 1Cnumber:255256(givenbyNBPGR,NewDelhi) distributionisprovidedforeachgenusinthispaper. Voucher Specimenexamined:Takhar,221 specimens have been deposited in the Herbarium of Laboratory ofEthnobotany andAgrostology, Department of 2.ArundodonaxLinn. sp.PI. loc.cit. FBI7:302, 1896; Botany.CollegeofScience,Udaipur. Rajasthan. CookinFPB3:574, 1958;BorinGBCIP413,f.44, 1960. 1.Arthraxonlancifolius(Trin.)Hochst.inFlora39:188, A perennial grass. Culms creeping below, finally 1856;FischerinFI. Mad. 3: 1729, 1934;BlatterandMcCann erect, 1-6mtall,hollowmany-noded,green,simpleorsparingly Bomb.Grass.77, 1935. BorinFI.Assam5:378, 1940. Rhind, branched,terete,smoothandglabrous. Inflorescencealarge, mm Grass,Burma69, 1945;RaizadainInd.For.Rec.4:101, 1954; terminal,decompound,pulmosepanicle.Grains2.5 long. Andropogon lancifolius Trin. in. Mem. Acad. Petersb. 6 ser FI.& Fr.:August-October 2:271, 832;ArthraxonmicrophyllusHochst.inFlora39:188, Ecology: This stout reed grows in dry habitats when 1 1856;Hook.f. FI. Brit.Ind. 7:147, 1996;Haines,Bot. Bih. and established, but it prefers plenty of moisture. As a fodder Ori.2:1026, 1924. grass it is not ofmuch account, but cattle will browse upon An annual. Culms 10-40 cm tall. Leaves lanceolate. the young leaves. Inflorescence: common axis very slender. Sessile spikelets: Locality: Ranoli,SikarandJodhpur 2.5-3.5mmlong,straight,linear-lanceolate,almostcompressed ICnumber:255341 (givenbyNBPGR,NewDelhi) 246 J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 104 (2), May-Aug 2007