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Fakes conical, vertical ; colour dark brown. 



Maxillce inclined towards the labium, but without any inward 

 curvature, convex at the base and obliquely truncated at the 

 extremity. 



Labium oval, rounded at the top ; its colour and that of the 

 maxillse are both dark brown. 



Sternum very broad, convex, heart-shaped, and covered with 

 yellowish hairs. 



Abdomen small, oviform, hairy, some hairs of a pale whitish 

 colour; it projects considerably over the cephalothorax. Colour 

 very deep brown, approaching black. 



An adult male of this very small, plainly coloured, but yet 

 very distinct species of Drassus was discovered by myself among 

 the decayed i-ubbish of an old hedge on Hursley Down, near 

 Winchester, in May 1860. 



Family AoELENiDiE. Genus Agblena. 

 Agelena subfusca. 

 Colour plain dark brown ; no pattern on the abdomen; digital joint 

 of palpi large ; eyes of lateral pairs very closely contiguous to 

 each other. 



Adult male. — Length y'^ of an inch ; length of cephalothorax 

 2':^ ; breadth of abdomen ^^ ; relative length of legs 4, 1, 2, 3. 



Cephalothorax oval, slightly compressed before and on the 

 sides, which have some slight furrows converging towards an 

 indentation in the medial line. Colour darkish brown, deepest 

 at the lateral margins. 



Eyes eight, in two curved rows across the front of the cephalo- 

 thorax ; the eyes of each lateral pair are on a small tubercle, and 

 almost touch each other ; these are the largest of the eight, and 

 the two centre ones of the front row are the smallest. 



Legs robust and hairy ; relative length 4, 1, 2, 3. Each 

 tarsus ends with three claws. Colour yellowish brown, darker 

 on the femora and tibiae of the first and second pairs. 



Palpi same colour as the legs; cubital and radial joints short; 

 the radial joint has a strong bluntish projection at its end on the 

 under side ; digital joint large, oval, convex, and hairy outside : 

 palpal organs not very prominent nor complicated in structure ; 

 they have a black filiform spine issuing from their lower side in 

 a curve round the base and outer side to their extremity ; their 

 colour is reddish brown. 



Falces strong, conical, and vertical. 



Maxillce short, projecting at the base, rounded at the ends, 

 and slightly inclined towards the labium. 



