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just in advance of the middle of the abdomen. The whole surface 

 of the abdomen is covered thinly with longish coarse prominent 

 hairs. 



The caput has its upper part furnished with coarse prominent 

 hairs. The normal converging grooves and indentations are 

 indicated by dusky lines ; the profile of the cephalothorax forms a 

 pretty regular curve ; the thoracic indentation is strong, and the 

 height of the clypeus is rather less than half that of the facial 

 space. The legs are slender, not very long, but well furnished with 

 hairs and bristles ; the, tibiae and metatarsi have numerous 

 erect ones along them. Their relative length is 1, 4, 2, 3. 



The palpi terminate with a distinct, curved, pectinated claw. 



The eyes are rather small, subequal, and form a rather narrow 

 oval transverse figure ; the four centrals form nearly a square, its 

 anterior side being rather shortest. Those of the posterior row are 

 separated by equal intervals and edged with black. 



The genital aperture and process are simple and inconspicuous. 

 The falces are moderate in length and strength, straight and 

 vertical. 



A single example of this distinct species was met with by 

 F. 0. P. Cambridge in a swamp at Hyde, near Blox worth, in May, 

 1888. The colours and pattern on the abdomen will distinguish it 

 at a glance from the two other British species, in which the 

 abdomen is of a uniform blackish hue, with (in one of them only) 

 some rather indistinct whitish spots. Vide Spid. Dors., p. 123. 



This is the first record of E. cane is as a British spider. Mons. 

 Simon (Arachn ; do France, 5, 188), conjectures that Steatoda 

 Clarkii (Cambr.) may be a synonym of this species, but the eyes of 

 S. Clarkii are totally different, and the palpi have no terminal 

 claw. 



GEN : TMETICUS (Menge). 



(Linypltia Latr. ad partem). 



PI. A, fig. 5. 



Tmetieus Warlmrtonii sp. n. 



Adult male, length rather over 1 \ lines ; adult female 2 lines. 



