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form of a club at the extremity, with the clava itself almost spherical.” — 
C. spinosa MENGE. — Vid. KocH and BER., p. 30. 
Anandrus MENGE 18561). Of this genus MENGE only says that it 
is "nearly related to Linyphia, but the male’s palpi and organs of copula- 
tion are very small.” (Lebenszeich., p. 7). 
Thyelia K. et B. 1854 ?). In the position of the eyes Thyelia ap- 
proximates to Clubiona: they are placed in two parallel or only slightly 
converging rows; the four posterior eyes, which are placed at about the 
same distance from each other, form an almost straight line, as do also 
the four anterior eyes; the central eyes form a trapezoid broader behind. — 
From most of the figures (as f. inst. that of the typical species) given in 
KocH and BER., Thyelia appears to belong to the Theridioidæ, but other 
species, viz. Th. marginata (Pl. VI, fig. 45) and Th. anomala (Pl. V, fig. 
39) more nearly resemble the Agalenoidæ (to which family the genus was 
referred by KocH), and probably do not belong to Thyelia (Conf. MENGE in 
KocH et BER., p. 56). — MENGE says loc. cit. that Zhyelia differs from its 
relations Clubiona and Amaurobius by a "narrower head and laterally pro- 
jecting spines on the else fine-haired legs”; in Lebenszeich., p. 7, he clas- 
ses it with the Theridioidæ on account of the short spinners and the arma- 
ture of the legs. — Type: Thyelia tristis K. et B. — Conf. Koch and BER., 
p. 50—56. 
Clya K. et B. 1854 °). — Is considered by KocH to approximate 
to Æucharia (Steatoda NOB.) in the form of the body, the legs and the 
palpi. The head is elevated above the rounded pars thoracica; the abdo- 
men is short, very convex. The eyes of the posterior series are placed 
on à sharp prominent ridge curved backwards; the central eyes, which are 
of the same magnitude, form a square; the lateral eyes are nearer together 
and about half as large as the central eyes. — Type: C. lugubris K. et 
B. — Vid. KocH and BER., p. 31. 
As possibly belonging to the Theridioidæ, MENGE mentions: 
Dielacata MENGE 1854 *. Nothing more is said of this genus, than 
that it has only two spinners, and two tracheal stigmata before the spin- 
ners. — D. superba MENGE. (KocH and BER., p. 94; Lebenszeich., p. 9). 
1) @ priv., and @vje, man, male (probably with reference to the small sexual 
organs of c). 
2) Perhaps from duydy, victim. 
3) Deriv. unknown. 
4) dis, twice; qAexérq, distaff. 
