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legs, and the digital joint, which is tinged with brown, has a 
slender, slightly curved claw at its extremity. The abdomen is 
somewhat oviform, the posterior part, which is rather the broadest, 
sloping abruptly downwards at its extremity; it is moderately 
convex above, projects over the base of the cephalothorax, and is 
of a yellowish-white colour, faintly reticulated with brown; a 
dark-brown spot, which comprises a small yellowish-white one, 
occurs near the middle of the upper part, and is succeeded by 
two curved lines, which meet in an angle whose vertex is directed 
backwards; the abruptly sloped posterior extremity is of a 
brownish-black colour, with a series of minute yellowish-white 
spots on each side of the medial line; a brownish-black spot 
occurs on the anterior part of each side, and is followed by 
oblique curved lines, of a browner hue, whose lower extremities 
are enlarged and more or less confluent; a broad, deeply 
indented, brownish-black band, bordered with white, extends 
along the middle of the under part, and the branchial opercula 
and spinners have a dark-brown hue. 
An immature female of this Linyphia was the only specimen 
of the species contained in the collection. 
Family Epririp2. 
Genus Errira, Walck. 
Epeira solers. 
Epéira solers, Walck. Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt. tom. ii. p.41; Blackw. 
Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, part ii. p. 336, pl. 24. fig. 243. 
agalena, Hahn, Die Arachn. Band ui. p. 29, tab. 47. fig. 115. 
Atea sclopetaria, Koch, Uebers. des Arachn. Syst. erstes Heft, p.4; Koch, 
Die Arachn. Band xi. p. 134, tab. 390. figs. 934, 935. 
All the specimens of Epeitra solers contained in the collection 
were females, and were larger and darker-coloured than those 
which are indigenous to Britain. 
Epeira decens, n. sp. 
Length of an immature male -3; of an inch; length of the 
cephalothorax =!,, breadth =; breadth of the abdomen +5; 
length of an anterior leg -; length of a leg of the third pair 3. 
The abdomen is oviform, moderately convex above, and pro- 
jects over the base of the cephalothorax ; a yellowish-white band, 
that tapers to its extremity, and is bisected longitudinally by an 
obscure yellowish-brown band, extends along the middle of the 
upper part, and comprises a fine, black, angular line, whose 
vertex is directed forwards, situated about a third of its length 
from the coceyx; on each side of this band there is a broad, 
parallel, brownish-olive band, whose exterior margin is sinuous, 
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