Mr. BrackwaLv's Descriptions of new Species of Spiders. 661 
44, Linyphia rubea. Cephalo-thorace anticè saturatè, posticd flavescenti- 
brunneo; mandibulis maxillis labio sternoque saturatè, palpis pedibus- 
que flavescenti-brunueis, his virescentibus; abdomine fascià medianá 
latà dentatà brunneà, laterali utrinque albá, strigâque brevi brunnen 
ab ano utrinque sursùm ductá; lateribus brunneis lineis duabus faves- 
centibus, anticà horizontali posticà fere verticali. 
Length of the female ths of an inch; length of cephalo-thorax ++; breadth 
zi; breadth of abdomen ; length of an anterior leg 1; length of a leg 
of the third pair +. 
Cephalo-thorax oval, convex above, glossy, with a large indentation in the 
medial line of the posterior region; its colour is yellowish brown, with 
the exception of the anterior part, which is dark brown. Mandibles 
powerful, conical, armed with teeth on the inner surface, and slightly 
inclined towards the sternum, which is broad and heart-shaped. Max- 
ille robust, straight, and somewhat quadrate. Lip semicircular and 
prominent at the extremity. "These parts are dark brown, the mandibles 
and lip being the darkest. Eyes placed on black spots, the anterior pair 
of the trapezoid being the smallest of the eight. Legs slender, and of a 
yellowish brown colour, tinged with green ; first pair the longest, then the 
second, third pair the shortest. Palpi yellowish brown, with a slightly 
curved claw at the extremity. Abdomen thinly clad with hairs, glossy, 
very convex above, projecting over the base of the peer a 
broad, dentated, brown band, which is darkest at its posterior extremity, 
extends along the middle of the upper part, nearly to the spinners; on 
each side of the brown band is an irregular white one; these white baads 
unite immediately above the spinners, and a short, brown streak is di- 
rected upwards from each side of the anus; the sides are brawo, rener 
mottled with yellowish spots, and are marked with two yellowish lines on 
the lower ‘parts the anterior one being horizontal, and the posterior one 
nearly vertical; the under part is brown, a large space in the middle 
ge of yellow. The sexual organs, which are very dark brown, 
having a tin m 
e inence on their inferior mar- 
approaching to black, have a minute prom 
gin. Plates of the spiracles brown. 
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