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rather gibbous on the inner side forwards; digital joint dark-coloured, hairy, and rather 
large, comprising the palpal organs; these are prominent, complicated, and have a long 
black spine, which, issuing out of a corneous process, emerges from their extremity, and 
curves back with a large, bold sweep round their outer side to the hinder part near the 
radial joint. 
Falces long, strong, divergent at their extremity, slightly prominent towards the base, 
strongly inclined towards the maxillee, and of a dark yellowish-brown colour. 
Masille moderate in length, strong and straight. 
Labium broad, short, rather rounded at the apex. 
Sternum heart-shaped, and, with the labium and maxillæ, of a dark-brown colour. 
Abdomen long-oval, tolerably convex above, and projecting considerably over the base 
of the cephalothorax; it is very sparingly furnished with hairs; and its colour is glossy 
black, with two dull white spots on each side of the median line near the forward ex- 
tremity, and two bright white spots similarly placed just above the spinners. In spirit of 
wine a faint trace of a longitudinal, tapering, slender band commencing near the cephalo- 
thorax and with a longitudinal row of largish spots on each side, all of a darker hue 
than the rest of the abdomen, could be seen. | 
Two adult males of this very distinct and conspicuous species were captured by myself 
among sedgy grass in a swamp at Bloxworth in May 1863. It is allied to L. pratensis 
and L. fuliginea, but is easily distinguished from both. 
LINYPHIA CIRCUMCINCTA, n. Sp. 
Female adult, length 2 lines (4 of an inch). 
Relative length of legs 1, 4, 2, 3. 
Cephalothorax short, broad, oval; cephalic region well defined, but not elevated or 
prominent; clypeus slightly prominent, a strong indentation in the median line of the 
hinder part is denoted by a black line dilated at the middle of the depression and run- 
ning into the cephalic region, where it divides into two; the sides are marked with 
convergent dusky furrows. Colour, palish dull-yellow. 
Eyes eight, in four pairs, all on black spots slightly tuberculated ; those of the hinder 
pair widest apart and largest of the eight ; those of the side pairs touch each other ; those 
of the front pair are close together but not touching, and are the smallest of the eight. 
Legs longish, moderately robust, rather paler and clearer-coloured than the cephalo- 
thorax, very sparingly furnished with hairs, and a few fine semierect spines. 
Palpi short, slender, of the same colour as the legs, and furnished with hairs and 
fine spines. 
Falces of the same colour as the legs, moderate in length and strength, rather pro- 
minent towards the base on the front, very slightly divergent at the extremity, where 
their colour is rather deeper. 
Maxille long, strong, straight, and of a dark-brown colour. Labium coloured like the 
maxillæ ; moderate in length, rounded and prominent at the apex. 
Sternum broad heart-shaped, of a dark-brown colour, margined with black, and fur- 
nished with some long fine hairs. 
