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ish margins, a longitudinal row of small black spots on each side, and 

 a black triangular mark immediately behind the eyes, which are seat- 

 ed on black spots : legs slender, of a yellowish brown colour, with 

 black bands ; the first and fourth pairs longest and equal, then the 

 second and third ; in the male the first pair is longer than the fourth : 

 abdomen dull yellow, with a black band above, extending from the 

 base more than a third of its length; the anteiior part of this band is 

 triangular and pointed, the posterior part narrower and somewhat ra- 

 mified ; fi-om the termination of the band extends a longitudinal row 

 of ii'regular black spots, on each side of the medial line; a few of these 

 spots unite immediately above the spinners, and form short, curved, 

 transverse lines ; there are numerous streaks and patches of black on 

 the sides, the largest anteriorly ; beneath dull yellowish brown : its 

 length is -^i of an inch : found under stones on Gallt-y-Rhyg, a moun- 

 tain near Llanrwst. (Id. 650). 



43. Neriene duhia. Cephalothorax red-brown, glossy : legs red- 

 brown, robust, first pair longest, then the fourth, second and third : 

 abdomen brown-black : its length is ^4 of 3,n inch : found in October 

 on iron rails at Crumpsall Hall, near Manchester, (Id. 652). 



44. Neriene gihhosa. Cephalothorax, more particularly in the male, 

 gibbous in the middle, dark brown, glossy : legs yellowish brown, the 

 fourth pair longest, then the first, second and third : abdomen veiy 

 dark brown, glossy : length -^ of an inch : found in May, under stones 

 in a moist pasture at Oakland, near Llanrwst. (Id. 653). 



45. Neriene tuherosa. In characters and habitat apparently iden- 

 tical with the last, in size less, being only -j4 of an inch in length. 

 (Id. 564). 



46. Linyphia cauta. Cephalothorax yellowish brown, with black 

 margins and a black median longitudinal line, which is broader ante- 

 riorly : legs long, yellowish brown, with brownish black bands, first 

 pair the longest, then the second, fourth and third: abdomen yellowish 

 brown freckled with small whitish spots, which are fewer in number 

 and more minute on the underside ; above anteriorly are large brown- 

 ish black blotches, posteriorly numerous curved black lines, whose 

 convexities are directed forward, the sides are brownish black, with 

 an irregular longitudinal band of yellowish brown spotted with white, 

 extending along the middle : its length is -^^ of an inch : it spins an 

 extensive, delicate, horizontal sheet of web, supported above by fine 

 lines, connected with it and with each other at various angles, in the 

 comers of walls, under hollow banks and in depressions of the trunks 



