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longer U'gs and spimu'rets, as \\v\\ as by the altogether diffe- 

 rent fonn of the epigyne. The European species to which 

 A. lonfjipes comes nearest is A. agehnoideH (Walck.) *, a 

 kSuiith Kuropean spider showing a very similar abdominal 

 jiattern to that ol' the present species. But the female of 

 A. oyth noidi's also has much shorter legs and spinnerets than 

 A. Ivngipes and a very differently shaped epigyne. 



In the last-named character A. opulenta, L. Koch f, from 

 Japan, shows considerable likeness to A. longipes, but this 

 species again has relatively short legs and apparently a 

 unieolorous yellowish-brown abdomen. 



On the whole A. lungipes seems most nearly related to the 

 North American A 7i(ivia, Walck. |, which has the legs rela- 

 tively longer than in the European Agelence. But though 

 the gcnoial structure of the epigyne is similar, none of its 

 forms as figured by Emerton agrees with that of our spider, 

 and the American s])ecies has no lance-shaped marking on 

 the abdomen, while the terminal segments of its upper spin- 

 nerets arc relatively short and cylindrical. I have to thank 

 the Kev. O. P. Cambridge for kindly sending me Canadian 

 specimens of A. navia for comparison. 



Family Argiopidae. 



[Subfamily ERiaoNiyM. 



Genus CnephalocoteS, Simon §. 



Cnephalocotes silus (Camb.). (E'gs. G-15.) 



EriijOiw (,ila, Carub. Proc. Zool. !<oc. 1872, p. 7o3, pi. Ixv. fig. 7. 

 Cnejihalocotes pusillus, Simon, Arncbu. France, v. (1884) pp. 706-7 



(iiec Mictoncta pusilla, Menye, Pieuss. Spin.). 

 tmpfialocoies silus, Chy/x-r and Kulczvuski, Aran. Ilungar. ii. (1894) 



pp. 118-9, pi. iv. tig. 41. 



Several specimens of this interesting addition to the British 

 spider-fauna have been taken on the coast sandhills at South- 

 port by Mr. Kandell- Jackson during the early months of this 

 year. Full descriptions of the species are given by the 

 authors referred to in the above synonymy. A i'cw structural 

 figures may assist British students of spiders to discover 

 fresh localities for it. Aspects of the male palp somewhat 



* Simon, Arachn. France, ii. pp. 115 0. 



t Verb. zool. -but. Gesell. ^\ ien, xx\ii. (1877) pp. 767-9. 



I Emorton, Trans. Conn. Acad. viii. (18(K)) pp. 1!)7-2(X), pi. viii. 

 figs. 1-1 «. A. cfili/oniicn, Hanks (Juurn. N. Y. Fnt. Soc. iv. (1890) 

 pp. 89-5K)), teems a nearly allied Ibnn. 



^ E. Smion, Aiaelin. de France, v. (1881) p. 099 ; lii.st. Nat. Araigut^es, 



