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parallel comb-teeth, of which those nearest the base are considerably finer 
and very close-set; the outer has about 8 somewhat equal, coarse teeth. The 
palpal claw is small, with about 4 pretty long comb-teeth. 
Gen. 9. THOMISUS (Watck.) 1805. 
Deriv.: perhaps Jwuioow, bind, whip. 
Syn.: 1805. Thomisus Warck., Tabl. d. Aran., p. 28 (ad partem). 
1825 (?). 4 ID., Faune Franç., Arachu., (ad part.:) p. 70. 
1831. » C. Kocn, Uebers. d. Arachn.-Syst., 1, p. 24 (ad partem). 
1861. a3 Brackw., Spid. of Gr. Brit., I, p. 66 (ad partem). 
1864. s [Thomisa]: sub-gen. Phleoides Sim., H. N. d. Araignées, p. 431 
> (ad partem). 
Type: Thomisus abbreviatus (WALCK.). 
We preserve WALCKENAERS generic name Thomisus for the large 
and remarkable species, which WALCKENAER called Th. abbreviatus and HAHN 
Th. diadema, and which also in the works of C. KocH retains the generic 
name Thomisus. — By its high and sloping clypeus and its somewhat pro- 
truded mandibles, this spider, like the species of Monwses, in some degree 
resembles the Philodrominæ, but the entire general appearance of the ani- 
mal, as well as the presence of the characters that distinguish the sub-family 
Thomisinæ, gives it an undoubted place in the last named group. 
The tarsal claws of Th. abbreviatus 9 are small, but coarse, not so 
blunt however as those of Xysticus, with about 8 tolerably long, somewhat 
curved comb-teeth on the inner and 4 on the outer claw. The female's 
palpal claw is almost straight throughout half its length, then sharply eurv- 
ed, with a long point and about 5 long comb-teeth, of which that nearest 
the base is considerably smaller than the rest. 
Gen. 10. MISUMENA (LarR.). 1804. 
Deriv.: weoovuevos, hated (ueoéw, hate). 
Syn.: 1804. Misumena Larr., in Nouv. Dict. d'Hist. Nat., XXIV, p. 135 (ad partem). 
1805. Thomisus Warck., Tabl. d. Aran., p. 28 (ad partem). 
1837. z C. Kocu, Uebers. d. Arachn.-Syst., p. 24 (ad partem). 
1861. u Wesrr., Aran. Suec., p. 410 (ad partem). 
1861. i3 Buackw., Spid. of Gr. Brit., I, p. 66 (ad partem). 
1864. P [Thomisa]: sub-gen. Phleoides, Thomisus et Pachyptila Srw., H. 
N. d. Araignées, p. 431 (ad partem). 
Type: Misumena vatia (CLERCK). 
