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31. Neriene graminicolens, Blackw. Sp. nov. a Neriene trilineatd di- 

 versa pedibus palpisque unicoloribus nee annulatis. Old pastures at Oak- 

 land, near Llanrvvst, Denbighshire. 



32. Manduculus vernalis, Blackw. Thei'idion vernale, Hahn. In pas- 

 tures in various parts of Lancashire and Denbighshire. 



33. Pholcus phalangioides, Walck. Barmouth, Merionethshire, Mr. Pot- 

 ter; Liverpool, Mr. Glover; Isle of Wight. 



34. Linyplda pallida, Blackw. Theridium pallidum, Koch. Among grass 

 in the grounds about Oakland. 



35. Epe'ira hicornis, Walck. In the wooded parts of Denbighshire. 



36. Epe'ira agelena, Walck. In pastures near Llanrwst. 



37. Epe'ira scalaris, Walck. In the neighbourhood of London. 



38. Epe'ira umhratica, Walck. Abundant in various parts of England 

 and Wales. 



39. Epe'ira fusca, Walck. In Denbighshire and Caernarvonshire. 



40. Epeira antriada, Walck. Common in the north of England and 

 Wales. 



41. Dysdera erythrina, Walck. In the town of Manchester; also in Cam- 

 bridge, Mr. Potter. 



42. Dysdera rubicunda, Koch. Cambridge, Mr. Bahington. 



43. Dysdera Homhergii, Walck. Plentiful in the wooded districts of Den- 

 bighshire and Caernarvonshire. 



44. O'onops pulcher. Tempi. Deletrix exilis, Blackw., in Lond. and 

 Edinb. Phil. Mag. x. p. 100. In Lancashire, Denbighshire and Caernar- 

 vonshire : abundant in the two last. 



Mr. Blackwall states, that with a ievf exceptions, the spiders com- 

 prised in the foregoing catalogue have never before been recognized 

 as British species. With respect to nearly the whole of them, nu- 

 merous facts are detailed relative to their structure, instincts, eco- 

 nomy and haunts, with occasional remarks on their nomenclature 

 and systematic arrangement. 



Read also a " Description of a new Indian species of Paussus." 

 By J. O. Westwood, Esq., F.L.S., &c. 



This species, which is in the collection made by Lieut. -Colonel 

 Hearsey mentioned above, approaches Platyrhopalus in having the 

 penultimate joint of its labial palpi about two-thirds the length of 

 the terminal joint. In all its other characters, however, it accords so 

 exactly with the Indian species of Mr. Westwood's second division 

 of the genus Paussus, that were the antennse broken off, it would be 

 almost impossible to distinguish it from Paussus cognatus. 



Paussus Hearseyanus, rufo-castaneus nitidus punctatus, elytris singulis 

 plaga lata longitudinal! nigra, capite pone oculos carina elevata trans- 

 versa alteraque longitudinali mediana ad nasum fere ducta, antennarum 



