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of trees; found in Denbighshire, Caeman^onshire and north Lan- 

 cashire. (Id. 655). 



47. Linyphia vivax. Cephalothorax yellowish brown, with an ir- 

 regular, longitudinal, blackish band on each side, and a finer median 

 one of the same hue, bifid in front : legs long, slender, reddish brown, 

 with blackish brown bands, first pair longest, then the second, fourth 

 and third : abdomen yellowish brown freckled with numerous minute 

 white spots ; along the middle extends a series of angular brownish 

 black lines pointing forwards, their extremities greatly enlarged form 

 a row of very conspicuous, irregular spots on each side of the median 

 line, several of the anterior angles are bisected by a fine brownish 

 black line ; two longitudinal, irregular, brownish black bands occur 

 on each side of the abdomen, the upper ones being connected with the 

 enlarged extremities of theangular lines by small confluent spots of the 

 same hue ; a large brownish black band, the anterior extremity of which 

 is broadest, occupies the middle of the abdomen beneath, and com- 

 prises a yellowish brown median line : its length is -^ ^ of an inch : 

 found in September in a greenhouse and melon-pits at Green Hays, 

 near Manchester. (Id. 657). 



48. Linyphia sylvatica. Cephalothorax dark brown, glossy : legs 

 long, slender, yellowish brown, occasionally tinged with green, first 

 pair longest, then the second, fourth and third : a broad, dentated, 

 dark brown band, bordered with yellowdsh white, occupies the^in^dian 

 line of the abdomen above, its sides are dark brown, with a la?g'e, ir- 

 regular, yellowish white band extending along each, and uniting above 

 the spinners, beneath dark brown : its length is y of an inch : found 

 in May and June in Denbighshire, Caernarvonshire, and the north of 

 Lancashire ; it constructs its web among grass and plants growing in 

 and near woods. (Id. 659), 



49. Linyphia ruhea. Cephalothorax anteriorly dark brown, poste- 

 riorly yellow-brown : legs slender, of a yellowish brown colour tinged 

 with green, first pair the longest, then the second, fourth and third : 

 abdomen glossy, a broad, dentated, brown band, wliich is darkest at 

 its posterior extremity, extends along the middle above, nearly to the 

 spinners ; on each side of the brown band is an irregular white one ; 

 these white bands unite immediately above the spinners, and a short 

 brown streak is directed upwards from each side of the anus; the 

 sides are bro^vn, obscurely mottled with yellowish spots, and having 

 two yellowish lines on the lower part, the anterior horizontal, the pos- 

 terior nearly vertical ; beneath brown, a large space in the middle 

 having a tinge of yellow : its length is -^-l of an inch : found in May 



