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p. rufipes, L\nn. — Black, bead, pronotum, sides of the 

 thorax aud basal segment of tbe fibdomeu hairy ; proaotum 

 arcuately emarginate posteriorly, wings with a dark apical 

 band ; abdomen with a white lateral spot on each side of 

 the base of tlie second to the fifth segments aud one iu the 

 centre of the sixth, those of tlie third and fourth sometimes 

 wanting, and the abdomen in the $ sometimes entirely 

 black ; apical ventral valve of the $ carinated, its apex 

 largely rounded ; apical dorsal valve of the ? without long 

 hairs ; legs black, femora and tibiae often more or less red, 

 front tarsi of the ? with very long spines, claws with a 

 strong tooth near the middle. 



L. i 7-10 mm., ? 9-15 mm. 



Hayling Island. Isle of Wight; Deal ; Lowestoft; South- 

 end, July to September; (Smith). High Peak, Sidmouth ; 

 Bournemouth ; Parley Heath ; Exmouth ; (Dale). Portlc- 

 mouth; (Bi(jiiell). Exmouth Warren ; High Peak, Sidmouth ; 

 (rarfitt) ; Norfolk; (Bridymmi). Lancashire; (Gardner). 



P. cinctellus, Spin. — (J black, clothed with fine grey 

 silky pubescence, wings hyaline, dusky at the apex; a 

 small spot on the inner margin of each eye, a spot on the 

 apical segment of the abdomen, aud a small spot at the 

 base of the posterior tibia3, white, apical veutral valvo 

 carinate ; calcaria of the posterior tibia: very long, almost as 

 long as the metatarsi. 



? black, mandibles, a bilobate spot on the clypeus, a 

 spot near each eye, and a transverse spot on each side of the 

 pronotum posteriorly, pale flavous ; wings hyaline, anterior 

 wings with a broad, dark, subapical band, hind wings with 

 a broad, dark, apical one ; abdomen with glossy grey 

 pubescence ; legs rod, the extreme apices of all the joints 

 dusky, anterior tarsi not pectinated. 



L. S 4-6 mm., ? G-9 mm. 



Sandy banks, June and July : Chobham ; Woking ; 

 Ilawley, Hants ; Devonshire; (Sviith, who says it provi- 

 sions its nest with small spiders.) Colchester; (llarwood). 



