110 NEW AND BARE BRITISH SPIDERS. 



The whole of the fore part of this spider is of a dull orange 

 yellow-brown hue, and the abdomen of the female is dark leaden 

 brown with a longitudinal, pale, strongly dentated pattern on its 

 upper side, representing a coalition and development of the 

 usually (in this group) almost obsolete normal angulated lines or 

 chevrons, in conjunction with the elongated dorsal stripe. This 

 pattern is probably in many examples rather indistinct until the 

 spider is immersed in spirit of wine, and I do not trace it, except 

 very faintly, even in spirit, in the male. In this sex the colour of 

 the abdomen is nearly black. The cephalothorax has a blackish 

 marginal line, and the normal converging grooves are of a dusky 

 brownish hue. 



The eyes are tolerably closely grouped together, and seated 

 on strongish black spots. Those of the posterior row are equi- 

 distant from each other and separated by an eye's diameter. The 

 clypeus is equal to rather over half the height of the facial space, 

 and only slightly concave or impressed. 



The legs are tolerably long and moderately strong, furnished with 

 hairs and a very few fine spines, mostly on the tibiae. Relative 

 length Male, 1, 4, 2, 3 ; female, 4, 1, 2, 3. 



The palpi of the male are tolerably long and strong. The 

 cubital joint is bent, enlarged toAvards its fore extremity and longer 

 than the radial, which is spreading in front ; its extremity is obtuse, 

 and furnished in front with numerous strong hairs. The digital 

 joint is large, its outer side considerably and angularly prominent, 

 and at its base is a long, strong, tapering, obtusely -pointed eminence, 

 furnished with a group of strong, straight, sharp-pointed, black 

 bristles, equal in strength throughout their length, directed 

 forwards and a little outwards in a straight line on the outer side 

 from its extremity downward. The longest of these bristles 

 are at the extremity of the eminence, and they decrease 

 gradually and regularly in length to the shortest. The palpal 

 organs are highly developed, prominent, and complex. Among 

 other processes are a long, very strong, semidiaphanous one, 

 curving backwards from the middle to the inner side, and a black, 



