652 Mr. BuackwaLv's Descriptions of new Species of Spiders. 
with them, which is greatly enlarged at the extremity, and of a red-brown 
colour. 
The male resembles the female in colour and design, but is rather 
smaller, and the absolute and relative lengths of his legs are different, 
the anterior legs, which exceed the posterior ones in longitudinal extent, 
measuring zth of an inch. Third and fourth joints of the palpi short; 
the latter is the stronger, and the former has a long bristle projecting 
from its extremity, in front; fifth joint somewhat oval, with a large lobe 
on the outer side, and a small projection at the upper part, which is 
notched at the extremity and curved outwards; it is convex and hairy ex- 
ternally, concave within, comprising the palpal organs, which are highly 
developed, complicated in structure, and of a red-brown colour. 
Both sexes of Veriene variegata were obtained, in a state of maturity, in 
December 1837, under stones on Gallt y Rhyg, a mountain in the vicinity 
of Llanrwst. 
38. Neriéne dubia. Maris cephalo-thorace appendicibusque rufo-brunneis ; 
abdomine nigricante ; pedibus anterioribus posterioribus pauld longi- 
oribus. 
Length of the male j'sth of an inch; length of cephalo-thorax Ar; breadth 
36: breadth of abdomen 3 ; length of an anterior leg 3; length of a leg 
of the third pair N. 
Cephalo-thorax oval, convex above, glossy, with a small indentation in the 
medial line of the posterior region. Mandibles conical, vertical, and 
armed with a few teeth on the inner surface. Maxillæ strong, gibbous 
near the base, enlarged at the extremity, and slightly inclined towards 
the lip, which is semicircular and prominent at the tip. Legs and palpi 
robust. First pair of legs rather the longest, then the fourth, third pair 
the shortest. These parts are of a red-brown colour, the legs being the 
palest. The intermediate eyes of both rows form nearly a square, the 
anterior pair being much the smallest of the eight. Second joint of the 
palpi curved towards the cephalo-thorax, and clavate ; third and fourth 
joints short, the latter, which is the stronger, being produced and rounded 
