— 430 REV. O. P. CAMBRIDGE ON NEW BRITISH SPIDERS. 
Legs long and slender, of a yellowish brown colour, sparingly furnished with hairs and 
a very few short fine bristly spines; the tibiæ and metatarsi of the first and second pairs 
are slightly darker in colour than the rest; and the tibise of the first, second, and fourth 
pairs are equal in length to their respective femora; each tarsus ends with three curved 
claws. 
. Palpi short, similar in colour to the legs; the radial and cubital joints are about equal 
in length and clavate; the radial is slightly prominent behind, and somewhat obtusely 
produced in front at its extremity ; both of these joints have a single, long, strong, taper- 
ing bristle projecting from near the extremity of their uppersides respectively ; besides : 
these the palpi are furnished with a few ordinary and less conspicuous hairs. Digital 
joint oval, not very large, about equal in length to the radial and cubital together; it 
has a lobe or prominence about the middle of the outer margin; palpal organs well 
developed, prominent, and rather complex, consisting of corneous spiny processes, from 
one of which, situate near their base on the inner side, extending and projecting pro- 
minently backwards and outwards is a conspieuous and slender process, nearly straight, 
semitransparent, and tipped with a sort of tuft of black bristles. 
Falces long, strong, vertical, slightly exceeding the facial space in length, darker in 
colour than the cephalothorax, furnished with a few bristly hairs in front, and having 
several strong teeth on the inner surfaces at their extremities. 
Maxille rather paler in colour than the falces, moderately long, strong, nearly straight, 
but rounded on the outer margins. 
Labium rather darker in colour than the maxillæ, short, somewhat broader at the 
base than at the apex, which is flattened, though in a rounding form. 
Sternum heart-shaped, of a dark blackish-brown colour, and hairy. 
Abdomen longish oval and glossy; it projects a little over the base of the cephalo- 
thorax, is sparingly furnished with short hairs, and is of a dull black colour, showing 
(but only when in spirit of wine) a few obscure pale spots and transverse lines. The 
spinners and spiracular plates are of a pale luteous colour. 
This species, resembling many of the genus Ærigone in size, colour, and general 
appearance, may yet be easily distinguished from any other recorded species by the trans- 
parent process, tipped with black bristles, issuing outwards from the inner base of the 
palpal organs, as well as by other minor differences. It was captured by myself one 
night in December 1867, in the village schoolroom at Bloxworth, into which it may very 
probably have been brought with the turf and sticks ordinarily used for fuel. 
LINYPHIA LONGIPES, n. sp. (Pl. 55. no. 24.) 
Male adult, length 35 of an inch (or 1 line). 
Cephalothorax broad, oval, compressed on the sides forward; colour dark brown. 
Normal indentations and furrows well marked, and, together with the margins, of a dusky 
black colour. The elypeus is impressed near the eyes, but rather prominent on its lower 
margin, and is equal in height to the space between the outer eyes of the front row ; the 
hind junction of the caput and thorax is slightly depressed. | | 
 -Eyes in four pairs, on black spots; those of the fore central pair are the smallest of 
