436 REV. O. P. CAMBRIDGE ON BRITISH SPIDERS. 
Fam. THOMISIDES. 
Genus THomisus (Bl.). 
THOMISUS LANIO. 
Thomisus lanio, Koch, Die Arachn. xii. p. 77, pl. 414. figs. 1009, 1010; Cambr. Zoologist for 1861, 
p. 7557, also for 1862, p. 7946. 
Easily distinguished from other British Thomisi by its bright reddish colouring, this 
species is not at all rare on trees and underwood in Dorsetshire and Hampshire, as well 
as in many other parts of the south of England. I have also received it from Mr. Meade, 
by whom it was captured near Bicester, Oxfordshire. It is adult at the end of May and 
the beginning of June. 
THOMISUS SIMPLEX. (Pl. XXXIII. no. 2.) 
Thomisus simplex, Cambr. Zoologist, 1860, pp. 7946, 7951. 
This is a very distinct species, distinguished from all other known British ones by the 
long, nearly straight spine issuing from the extremity of the outer side of the radial joint 
` of the male palpus; it is usually also of a duller and paler colour than most other species, 
except T. pallidus (Bl.), which, although pale yellow, is of a bright and clear colour. 
THOMISUS GLOVERI. 
Thomisus Gloveri, Bl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 
Certainly a very distinet species, but one of which the adult male is a great desi- 
deratum ; the only known example is a female, discovered near Manchester, and described 
by Mr. Blackwall (loc. cit. sup.). 
THOMISUS MORIO. 
Thomisus morio, Koch, Die Arachn. iv. p. 77, pl. 125. figs. 1009, 1012; Cambr. Zoologist, 1860, 
p. 7946 
The rich dark colouring of this fine Thomisus, as well as the trifid projection at the 
outer extremity of the radial joint of the palpus in the male sex, distinguishes this species 
from other British ones. It appears to be exceedingly rare in England, only one example 
having come under my notice during near eighteen years; it seems to be more frequent 
in parts of Germany, whence 1 have received it through the kindness of Dr, L. Koch, 
of Nürnberg. 
THOMISUS RUFOPICTUS, n. Sp. 
Female adult, length + of an inch (3 lines). 
In form, character, and general structure this spider resembles Thomisus sabulosus 
(Koch) ; it is, however, longer, and differs remarkably in the colour and markings of the 
abdomen. 
The cephalothorax has the sides of a deep black-brown, with the lower margins white ; 
the central longitudinal band is broad, but narrower behind than before; the normal 
