198 ARACHNIDES. PULMONARY. 



large and somewhat orbicular, elevated roundly behind ; abdomen 

 lighter in colour and subglobose. Inhabits Paris, in houses, and 

 has been met with in England Lat. Gen. i. pi. 5, fig. 4. 



Gen.- 17. EPISINUS, Lat. Walck. 



Eyes forming the segment of a circle, of nearly equal size, and 

 placed on an eminence ; maxillae straight and longitudinal, 

 the base slightly dilated, the apex rounded ; lip semicircu- 

 lar, broader than long ; feet elongated, the first and fourth 

 pairs longest, the third shortest. 



E. truncalus, Lat. Thorax cordiform, a little longer than broad, 

 anteriorly acute ; dark brown above, reddish brown below ; ab- 

 domen pyramidal, brown anteriorly, margined and truncated be- 

 hind ; third pair of legs whitish. Found at Turin, and near 

 Paris. Lat. Gen. App, iv. 371. 



Gen. 18. PHOLCUS, Lat. Aranea, Scopoli. 

 Maxillae oblique, covering the side of the lip, converging ; lip 

 transversely quadrate ; feet very long and slender, the first 

 pair longest ; eyes on a tubercle, two geminated and placed 

 transversely in the middle, and three on each side in a trian- 

 gular form, one larger than the others. 



P. phalangioides, Lat. Pale livid colour ; abdomen elongated, cy- 

 lindric oval, very soft, obscure cinereous j tip of the tibiae and 

 thighs with a pale ring of whitish colour. Inhabits houses in 

 Europe, and is extremely common in the western parts of Eng- 

 land Lat. Gen. i. 99. 



FAMILY III. ORBITEL.*:. 



This tribe resembles the preceding in the form and disposition of the spinning pa- 

 pillae, and their slender legs ; but the first two feet, and afterwards the second, are 

 generally longest. The jaws are straight, and perceptibly wider towards their upper 

 extremity. 



Gen. 19- LINYPHIA, Lat. Aranea, Lin. 



Eyes with the four centre ones disposed in an irregular qua- 

 drangle ; those on each side geminated and placed obliquely ; 

 lip semicircular ; feet slender, with the first pair longest, then 

 the second and fourth. 



L. triangularis, Lat. Pale reddish, inclining to yellow; thorax 

 with a black dorsal line, bifid in front ; abdomen oval, inclining 

 to globose, with spots and angulated bands of brown and white ; 

 legs immaculate. Inhabits hedges in Europe Lat. Gen. i. 101. 



Gen. 20. ULOJBORUS, Lat. 



Eyes equal, and very minute, disposed in two transverse lines, 

 the two middle eyes a little closer than the others ; maxillae 

 straight, broad, and inversely trigonal ; lip very broad and 

 semicircular ; feet with the first pair much longer than the 

 others, then the fourth and second, the third pair shortest. 



U. Walckenaerius, Lat. Pale reddish-yellow ; thorax and abdomen 



