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compact group, those of the anterior row being near to 

 each other ; the interval between the fore-central pair the 

 smallest. 



The Cephalothorax, looked at from above and slightly 

 behind, is of a regular oval form ; the lateral marginal 

 impression on each side very slight. The marginal line has a 

 well-marked depression between the ocular area and the 

 thoracic indentation. The legs are rather long, 1, 4, 2, 3, 

 and their armature is normal in respect to number of 

 spines and position ; the spines on the tibiae of the second, 

 third, and fourth pairs are unusually long. 



The palpi are short ; the digital joint and palpal organs of 

 moderate size. The cubital and radial joints are short ; the 

 latter are slightly longest and strongest ; the former has a 

 slight bristle from its fore part above, and the latter, among 

 others, a much longer and stronger one. The digital joint is 

 short-oval. The palpal organs are well developed, and among 

 other processes the most noticeable is a long one issuing from 

 their base and curving, a little sinuously, over their surface, 

 reaches nearly to their extremity in a kind of spoon or shovel 

 form, and along the outer edge of this portion are several 

 very fine short spiny points. 



The Abdomen (evidently not having attained its proper 

 colouring), had the under side strongly suffused with black, 

 and was thinly covered with hairs, those of the upper side 

 being long, and some of them unusually strong. 



A single example of this spider was found by W. A. 

 P.-C., near Barmouth, North Wales, in September, 1910. 



Gongylidiellum blandum, Simon, p. 40. PL A, figs, 15-23. 



Gongylidiellum blandum, Simon ; A.R. Jackson, M.B., D.Sc., 

 " Lancashire Naturalist," No. 36, Vol. 3, March, 1911, 

 p. 388, pi. xii., figs. 8-14. 



Adult male, length 1-1 6th, and of the female 1-1 8th of an 

 inch. 



