128 MODERN SYSTEM. 



or nearly quadrate, generally longer than broad : lef^s, the 6rst and 

 second pair longest: the second rather longest; thetltiird and fourth 

 pair of legs much less, sometimes one being largest, sometimes the 

 other. 



The viandihles of the animals composing this genus are either per- 

 pendicular or somewhat indexed ; in many conical with many short 

 claws. 



* Thorax convex, cord if or in ; the sides, especially behind, abrupt!}/ 

 sloping, anteriorly broadly truncate ; the largest legs not double the 

 length of the body; the frst and second pair much thicker than the 

 others, sometimes one sometimes the other being longest. The first joint 

 of the tarsiywith several moveable little spines, in a single or in a double 

 series; the dazes of the tarsi naked. Lip somezohat oval, the apex 

 truncate or obtuse. Apex of the maxilliE wedge-shaped. 

 Sp. 1. Tho. cifrens. Thorax at the insertion of the eyes transversely 

 elevated ; the sides anteriorly produced and prominent : eyes equal : 

 abdomen roundish, trigonal, broader behind, with a red line on each 

 side : body yellowish citron-coloured. 

 Inhabits Europe, living in flowers. It is very common in Britain. The 

 male is rare, smaller than the female; of a brown colour banded 

 with yellowish green. 



** Thorax convex, cordiform ; the sides, especially behind, abruptly 

 sloping, the anterior part broadly truncated ; the larger legs not twice 

 the length tf the body, all of nearly an equal degree of thickness ; the 

 hinder four not much shorter; the anterior with four little spines: the 

 daws of all the tarsi scarcely visible. Lips somewhat oval : the apex 

 truncate or obtuse. Maxilltc at their points zcedge-shaped. 

 Sp. 2. Tho. lynceus. Lateral eyes largest, placed on an eminence, the 

 tubercles of the hinder ones thickest: body pale yellowish-grey, 

 variegated with punctures and spots of a blackish colour : abdomen 

 very large, of a triangular-oval form, broader behind, 

 lahabits France and Scotland. Latreille considers it to be much allied 

 to Thomisus onustus of Walckenacr. 



*** Thorax depressed, somezohat oval, very obtuse before ; the larger 

 leg» not trcice the length of the body; all the legs of equal thickness; 

 th^ tarsi hairy beneath, the frst joint with a fezv little spines: the apex 

 tcith two brushes under the dazes : abdomen oblong: th£ maxillze beyond 

 the insertionof the palpi, nearly of equal breadth, distinctly and abruptly 

 truncated: Up somezohat quadrate: hinder eyes distant, 



6p. 3. Tho. oblongus. Pale-yellowish, with white hairs above: abdo^ 



men somewhat cvtiadrical, with obscure longitudinal lines. 

 Inhabits France, Denmark, and England, yn plants, 



