120 NEW AND RARE HIUTISII SPIOKIiS. 



one large rounded corneous lobe, very prominent, in a sub-conical 

 form, at its posterior part. 



The falces are small, straight, vertical, and of a dark yellow- 

 brown colour. 



The abdomen is elongate narrow-oval, and of a rather flattened 

 form. It is of a brownish-yellow colour, tinged with primrose- 

 yellow, and sometimes with a greenish hue along the sides and hinder 

 extremity of the upper part ; it is clothed with greyish and yellowish 

 hairs and a few short black erect ones on the upper side, which is 

 spotted and marked with black spots and lines, forming three 

 broken longitudinal lines, best defined on the fore half. The outer 

 margin is also furnished witli some white hairs, of which there 

 are some rather conspicuous patches, one or two on each side, 

 towards the hinder extremity, and a tuft just above the spinners. 

 The sides are closely striated with black longitudinal lines; the 

 under side is pale yellow, clothed with grey hairs, and has a black, 

 more or less well defined, line along each side and a black spot a 

 little in front of the spinners. 



The female closely resembles the male in markings, but is 

 altogether paler in colours, and the black markings on the sides of 

 the abdomen are of a more spotty nature, and occasionally assume 

 the form of oblique lines. The' fore ley* are also less strong than 

 in the male. 



Adults of both sexes of this very distinct and curious Salticid 

 were found in some abundance by my nephew and myself in Hyde 

 bog, near Blox worth, in May, 1888, by carefully gathering up the 

 dead grasses and moss and shaking it out over a cloth. They are 

 not very active and showed no jumping powers*, but could, when 

 approached with the finger, run as quickly backwards as forwards. 

 This spider has not before been recorded in Great Britain. The 

 spider given as H. Nivut/i (" Spid : Dors : p. 560) is quite distinct, 

 and must now resume its original name of //. (Salticus) prompta 



* Mons. Simon, however, attributes great agility and leaping powers to 

 this spider when pursued. ( Vide 1. c. supra, p. 21), 



