148 ARANEA. 



rufipes, abdomen brown ; legs rufous. 



nocturna^ abdomen black, with two white dots, 



and a white lunule at the base. 

 sex-punctata, abdomen oblong, with three pair of 



excavated dots. 

 palmtris, thorax and abdomen with a snowy line 



on each side ; tip of the thorax before the eyes 



ends in a white line. 

 aquatica, brown ; abdomen ovate, cinereous ; the 



back brown with two impressed dots. Dives 



in search of food. Jaws large, strong, black, 



with scarlet nails. 



obscura, abdomen sub-conic, dusky, with a whit- 

 ish dorsal line. 

 scalaris, thorax testaceous ; abdomen snowy on 



the back, with an oblong indented snowy spot 



at tlie tip. 

 trigutta, yellowish ; abdomen black, with three 



white spots. 

 ScorpiJbrmiS) black ; abdomen whitish, with two 



black lines ; fore-legs very long. Small and 



retrograde. 



varnifex, ferruginous ; abdomen grey, with a dor- 

 sal line. 

 Jlavissima, abdomen oblong, of a fine rich yellow 



colour, and smooth. 

 bimaculata, abdomen roundish, chesnut-browu 



colour, with two white dots. Less than a flea. 

 truncorurri) black, with white dots on the back* 



It springs to a great distance on its prey. 

 mpestris, abdomen with a black spot, edged with 



red, with white in the middle. Springs on its 



prey. 

 mrescens 9 abdomen oblong, yellow-green, with la 



teral white lines. 



