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and darkest of the eight. The cephalo-thorax is convex, glossy, 

 compressed before, rounded on the sides, and has an indentation 

 in the medial line ; it is of a brown colour, with longitudinal 

 lines in the cephalic region, oblique streaks on the sides, and 

 lateral margins of a brownish black hue. The falces are conical, 

 vertical, armed with a few minute teeth on the inner sui-face, 

 and, with the maxillse, which are enlarged at the extremity and 

 slightly inclined towards the lip, have a pale brown hue. The 

 lip is dilated about the middle and truncated at the extremity ; 

 and the sternum is heart-shaped. These parts are of a dark 

 brown colour, the former being paler at the extremity. The 

 legs are moderately long, haiiy, of a yellowish brown hue, with 

 brownish black annuli, and the metatarsi of the posterior pair 

 are provided with calamistra ; each tarsus is terminated by three 

 claws ; the two superior ones are curved and pectinated, and the 

 inferior one is inflected near its base. The palpi resemble the 

 legs in colour, but are without annuli. The abdomen is oviform, 

 thinly clothed with hairs, convex above, and projects over the 

 base of the cephalo-thorax : it is of a pale yellowish brown 

 colour, with a series of angular lines of a brownish black hue, 

 whose vertices are directed forwards, and whose extremities are 

 enlarged, extending along the middle of the upper part; this 

 series of angles is bisected by a brownish black, longitudinal 

 line, w^hich is enlarged and somewhat triangular at its anterior 

 extremity ; the sides are closely reticulated with brown lines ; 

 two brown bands extend along the under part to a transverse 

 bar of the same hue, near the spinners ; and the sexual organs 

 are of a red-brown colour. 



This small species of Ciniflo was captured by Mr. R. H. Meade 

 in Buckinghamshire in August 1854. 



Family Linyphiid^. 



Genus Neriene, Blackw. 



Neriene affinis. 



Length of the male |th of an inch ; length of the cephalo- 

 thorax y'j ; breadth y'^ ; breadth of the abdomen y\. ; length of 

 a posterior leg \^; length of a leg of the third pair ^-^. 



The legs are provided with hairs, and have a bright yellowish 

 red tint ; the fourth pair is the longest, then the first, and the 

 third pair is the shortest ; each tarsus is terminated by three 

 claws ; the two superior ones are curved and slightly pectinated, 

 and the inferior one is inflected near its base. The palpi are 

 long and resemble the legs in colour, but are somewhat paler ; 

 the humeral joint is slightly curved towards the cephalo-thorax. 



