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digital joint of moderate size, al)Out equal in longtli to tlie radial 

 and cubital joints together. Palpal organs complex-, Avith various 

 S[)ines and corneous processes, among Avliicli is a conspicuous long 

 semi-diaphanous, strongly curved one on the outer side. These 

 organs, however, can only be adequately explained by figures. 



Falces moderately long, divergent, tumid at their base, convexly 

 prominent in front, conical at their extremity, colour like that of 

 the cephalothorax. 



Maxilhii and Labiuin normal ; tlie latter deeply and transversely 

 impressed, similar in colour to the falces. 



Sternum heart-shaped, strongly convex, deep black-brown, 

 shining, and covered with a few strong bristly hairs. 



Abdomen oval, very convex above, and of a deep brown colour, 

 covered thinly with short hairs. 



The female (if it be indeed that of the male described) agrees 

 with it in colours, general character and appearance, but is much 

 larger, and the legs are more profusely furnished with liairs ; 

 especially notable among others are some longitudinal rows of 

 strongish bristly ones along the anterior sides of the femora, antl 

 lieneath the tibioe of the first and second pair, and in fact the whole 

 armature of the legs and palpi vividly recalls that of the genus 

 Enoplognaiha, the palpi, however, liave no terminal claw as in 

 that genus. 



The tibiae of the first pair (and of the second pair in a less 

 degree) are rather incrassated. The proportion of the legs is 

 distinctly 4, 1, 2, 3. The genital process is moderately prominent 

 and its form specifically characteristic. The male above described 

 was found at Swanston, near Edinburgh, and the female on the 

 Pentland Hills, by INlr. AVm. Evans ; they Avcre kindly sent to 

 me by Mr. G. 11. Carpenter, with whose name I have great 

 pleasure in connecting it. The species is nearly allied to Tmctirui^ 

 rufus, Wider, but the structure of the palpi and palpal organs is 

 t^uite distinct. 



Tmeticus uudis. 



Neriene riuUs, Cambr. Spid. Dors., p. 48-1. 



