22 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



marginal constriction very slight, profile line very slightly hollow just 

 behind the occiput, otherwise tolerably uniformly curved, occiput 

 fairly convex and rounded ; height of clypeus rather less than half 

 that of the facial space. Colour, deep glossy blackish brown. Eyes, 

 in two transverse rows, of moderate size, sub-equal, posterior row 

 curved, the convexity of the curve directed backwards ; anterior 

 row nearly straight, the convexity of its slight curve directed for- 

 wards. The eyes of the hind- central pair are separated by a 

 diameter's interval, and from the laterals by a very little more. The 

 fore-centrals are near together, but not contiguous to each other, 

 and each is a diameter's distance from the fore-lateral eye on its 

 side. The four centrals form a trapezoid perceptibly longer than 

 broad, and narrowest in front. Each lateral pair is placed slightly 

 obliquely on a very small tubercle. Legs, moderate in length and 

 strength, 4, i, 2, 3, furnished with short hairs and a single slender, 

 erect, bristle-like spine on the genua, and two or more still finer on 

 the tibia. Their colour is orange yellow. The tarsi of the fourth 

 pair are very slightly shorter than the metatarsi. Falces, tolerably 

 long, strong, straight, dark olive brown. Maxilla, Labiitin, and 

 Sternum, blackish brown. Abdomen, oval, black, and clothed fairly 

 with short fine hairs. Genital aperture not conspicuous, but of 

 characteristic form. 



Found at Aberlady, Scotland, by Mr. William Evans, and 

 received from him through Mr. G. H. Carpenter. 



Gen. TMETICUS, Menge (Neriene and Linyphia, Bl., ad parteni). 



? TMETICUS XEGLECTUS, sp. nov. 

 Plate I. Fig. 3. 



ADULT FEMALE.- Length, i line. Cephalothorax, considerably 

 longer than broad ; the fore extremity tolerably broad, rounded ; 

 the lateral marginal impressions at the junction of the caput and 

 thorax well marked, but not abrupt. The profile line follows a 

 tolerably even curve from the hinder extremity to the eyes, a little 

 flattened from the occiput to the hinder slope ; colour, clear yellow 

 brown. Clypeus, slightly impressed, its height being a little less 

 than half that of the facial space. Eyes, on black spots, in two 

 transverse curved rows forming a transverse oval figure, broader 

 than long. The posterior row is much the most strongly curved, so 

 that a line drawn to touch the anterior rims of the hind -central pair 

 would run well above the upper rims of the hind-lateral eyes. The 

 interval between the hind-centrals is equal to a diameter, and is 

 considerably less than that between each and the hind-lateral eye 

 next to it. The lateral eyes are placed rather obliquely, each pair 

 on a tubercle ; they are the largest of the eight, but are not quite 

 contiguous to each other. The interval between the fore -centrals 



