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Cephalothorax, legs and palpi yellow, the first rather brightest 

 coloured. 



Eyes of posterior row in a very nearly straight transverse line, 

 much longer than the anterior; and the interval between the 

 hind-central pair is nearly double that between each and the 

 hind-lateral next to it. The anterior row is curved, and its eyes 

 contiguous to each other, the convexity of its curve a little 

 directed forwards ; the central pair of this row are much smallest 

 of the eight, all the rest rather large and co-equal, of a bright 

 pearl-white hue and somewhat oval form. The general position 

 of the eyes may also be described as in two rather distinctly 

 separated triangular groups of three large eyes each, with a 

 central small group of two smaller eyes between and rather in 

 front of the others in a transverse line. All are encircled by 

 strong black confluent rims, and those of each lateral pair are 

 separated by a distinct interval. 



Legs moderate in strength, and not greatly unequal in length, 

 relative length, 142 3, 5 pairs of long and strong sessile 

 spines beneath the tibiae, and 3 pairs beneath the metatarsi of 

 the first pair those beneath the same joint of the second pair 

 being apparently similar; but probably this is liable to some 

 variation in different examples. 



Fakes, maxillce, labium, and sternum yellow. 



Abdomen, dull whitish yellow, with an indistinct longitudinal 

 central yellowish-brown stripe on the fore-half of the upper side, 

 followed to the spinners by several indistinct oblique lines on 

 each side (or taken together chevrons) of a similar hue. In 

 a series these markings would probably be often obsolete. 

 Spinners normal ; genital aperture distinctively characteristic. 



This spider is nearly allied to C. diversa, Cambr., but is rather 

 larger, and differs in the size and position of the eyes and in 

 some other respects. 



When first sent to me from Sherwood Forest by Dr. Carr 

 (University College, Nottingham), I took it to be C. diversa, 

 Cambr., but subsequent examination and comparison lead me to 

 believe it to be of a different though allied species. 



