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found frequently on rails in the vicinity of Manchester and Llanrwst. 

 (Id. 643). 



35. Nerieiie sylvalica. Cephalothorax and legs brown : eyes seat- 

 ed in black spots : first and fourth pairs of legs equal and longest, 

 then the second and third : abdomen brownish black and glossy : its 

 length is -5- of an inch : it was taken in February vmder fragments of 

 rock imbedded in earth, in the woods about Llanrwst. (Id. 644): 



36. Neriene viaria. Cephalothorax brown, with the margins dark- 

 er : legs brown, first and fourth pairs equal and longest, then the 

 second and third: abdomen dark brown, nearly black, glossy: the 

 spinners pale yellowish brown : its length is -^i of an inch : found in 

 May at Oakland near Llanrwst. (Id. 645). 



37. Neriene pulla. Cephalothorax dark brown, glossy : legs red- 

 brown, first and fourth pairs equal and longest, then the second and 

 third : abdomen yellowish brown, with numerous minute spots and 

 fine streaks of a darker hue : its length is -j4 of an inch : found in 

 June on rails near Llanrwst. (Id. 646). 



38. Neriene gracilis. Cephalothorax nearly black, glossy : legs 

 pale reddish brown, first and fourth pairs longest, then the second and 

 third : abdomen slender, brownish black : its length is -j4 of an inch : 

 found in autumn on rails at Capel Garmon, in Denbighshire, and at 

 Crumpsall Hall, near Manchester. (Id. 646). 



39. Neriene parva. Cephalothorax, legs and abdomen brown and 

 glossy, the abdomen being darkest : the first and fourth pairs of legs 

 equal and longest, then the second and third : its length i» -^ of an 

 inch: found in January on rails at Oakland, near Llanrwst. (Id. 647). 



40. Neriene rubella. Entire colour yellowish red : in the female 

 the first and fourth pairs of legs are equal and longest, then the second 

 and third ; in the male the first pair is longest, the second and fourth 

 equal in length : in this sex the tibiae of the first and second pair of 

 legs are somewhat dilated beneath, near their extremity, the enlarge- 

 ment being thickly clothed with long fine hairs : its length is -^4 of 

 an inch : it is found under stones and on plants growing in the woods 

 at Oakland, near Llanrwst. (Id. 648). 



41. Neriene ahnormis. Cephalothorax and legs red-brown, the 

 eyes being placed in black spots : first and fourth pairs of legs long- 

 est and equal, then the second and third : abdomen dull brown, ob- 

 scurely mottled with darker brown : its length is -f of an inch : found 

 in October under stones, at Crumpsall Hall, near Manchester. (Id. 

 649). 



42. Neriene variegata, Cephalothorax yellowish brown, with black- 



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