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pair is to the third pair, and the fourth pair (mere dots) are 

 nearer to the third pair than the third to the second. When 

 more specimens have been captured, it will probably be found 

 that there is some variety in these spots and the branching of 

 the abdominal band. Two faint, curved, brown lines (one on 

 each side of the under part) meet each other near the spin- 

 ners. The spinners are tip])ed with blackish brown ; the sexual 

 organs are of a dark reddish-brown colour, rather prominent, 

 and with a small, oval, brownish-yellow process connected with 

 their hinder margin. 



A single adult female of this species was discovered by myself 

 on a holly-bush at Hursley, near Winchester, in May 1860 



Genus Neriene. 



Neriene Huthwaitii. 



Size moderate ; abdome?! greenish broivn, with a leaden hue ; the 

 rest of the spider of a more or less dark brownish yellow : palpi 

 short ; radial joint nearly double the length of the cubital, and 

 clavate ; digital joint very small ; yalpal organs simple, and not 

 very prominent. 



Adult male. — Length ^^ of an inch ; length of cephalo- 

 thorax ^^ ; breadth y'g ; relative length of legs 1, 4, 2, 3. 



Cephalothorax oval, slightly prominent behind the eyes, and 

 with slight furrows on the sides converging towards an indenta- 

 tion in the medial line. Colour dull yellow with a tinge of 

 brown. 



Eyes eight, in two rows across the front of the cephalothorax, 

 and seated on black spots ; those of the hinder row are equi- 

 distant from each other, the two middle ones being the largest 

 of the eight, and the two middle ones of the front row the 

 smallest and darkest-coloured, and i^ery close to, but not touch- 

 ing each other. The eyes of each side pair arc placed obliquely 

 on a small tubercle, and touch each other. 



Legs moderately long, hairy, same colour as the cephalo- 

 thorax ; relative length 1, 4, 2, 3 (] and 4 being equal in length). 

 Each tarsus ends with three claws. 



Palpi same colour as the legs, and short ; the radial johit is 

 double the length of the cubital, clothed with longish hairs, and 

 clavate ; digital joint very small; oval, convex, and liairy outside : 

 palpal organs simple in structure, and not very prominent nor 

 highly developed ; a straight black spine issues from their ex- 

 tremity, and their colour is slightly darker than the rest of the 

 palpi. 



Falces long, powerful, conical, vertical, convex in front near 



