REV. O. P. CAMBRIDGE ON NEW BRITISH SPIDERS. 435 
Abdomen longish oval, not very convex above, slightly projecting over the base of the 
cephalothorax; colour yellowish, suffused slightly with sooty brown, and furnished 
sparingly with pale yellowish hairs. An adult male was received from the late Mr. 
Richard Beck, by whom it was captured in the neighbourhood of London in 1864. 
It is closely allied to Linyphia decens, n. sp. (described p. 436, post), but differs in 
colour and other respects, resembling it chiefly in the smallness of the eyes. 
LiNYPHIA PALLIDA, n. sp. (Pl. 56. no. 26.) 
Male adult; length - of an inch (or 1 line). 
Cephalothoraz. Caput well defined by a strongish constriction at its junction with 
the thorax; it is not raised above the thorax except in a gradually rising line from 
the hinder part of the cephalothorax to the eyes; the surface is very minutely punc- 
tured with fine impressed dots. The thorax is indented on the sides, and has a broad 
shallow depression in the hinder part; colour dusky yellow, with an orange tinge; 
clypeus prominent, and its height equal to the space occupied by the two central pairs 
of eyes. 
Eyes eight, in two transverse rows on the fore part of caput; front row shortest, and 
nearly straight. Space between the eyes of the central pair in the hinder row rather 
greater than that between each and the end one of the row on its side; those of the 
side pairs are contiguous, and on a tubercle; those of the central pair in the front row 
are also on tubercles, contiguous, and rather the smallest of the eight; the central eyes 
of the hinder row are about equal in size to the lateral eyes of the front row; all are 
edged with black. | 
Legs long, rather slender; relative length (male) 4, 1, 2, 3, (female) 1, 2, 4, 3, but 
little difference between those of the first, third, and fourth pairs; they are furnished 
with hairs and spines, and a few spine-like bristles on the uppersides of the femoral 
joints; in colour the same as the cephalothorax. 
Palpi short, not very strong; cubital and radial joints about equal in length; the 
radial is the stoutest, and has some long, strong, bristly hairs on the upperside ; 
a strong bristle on the upperside of the cubital joint; digital joint, and the palpal 
organs, large; the latter highly developed and complicated, with corneous pieces and 
projections, the two most prominent of which are one on the outer side, the other close 
behind, underneath the extremity of the radial joint, against which its upper end abuts. 
The figure will give a better idea of these pieces than it is possible to give by any descrip- 
tion. The palpi are furnished with hairs, and are of the same colour as the legs; palpal 
organs yellow-brown, mixed with a deeper colour. | 
Falces moderately strong, straight, prominent at the base on the upperside ; looked 
at from the front, slightly hollowed (in external profile) toward the fangs. 
Maxille strong, much inclined toward the labium, which is short, semicircular, 
and flattened at the top. These last three parts are of the same colour as the cephalo- 
thorax. 
- Sternum broad, heart-shaped, constricted at the hinder end, smooth, and shining, 
furnished with a very few erect hairs; colour yellowish, thickly mottled with dusky. 
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