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the tarsi only), which are pale-coloured ; they are furnished with 

 hairs of various lengths, and a few spines, chiefly on the tibiae and 

 metatarsi of the two hinder pairs. 



The palpi are short and not very strong : the radial and cubital 

 joints are very nearly of equal length ; perhaps the former is slightly 

 the shortest, and has its outer extremity continued in a tapering 

 apophysis, whose extreme point is slightly obtuse and of a deep 

 brown colour, the rest being of a greenish-brown hue ; the length 

 of this apophysis is rather less than that of the joint itself. The 

 digital joint is rather large, of an oval form, exceeding in length 

 tbat of the radial and cubital joints together ; the palpal organs are 

 neither very prominent nor complex, consisting of several corneous 

 processes, of a red-brown and whitish colour. 



The fakes are moderately long and strong, projecting forwards, 

 and a little prominent near the base in front. 



The maxilla, labium, and sternum are of the normal character, and 

 (with the falces) are of a dark yellowish-brown colour. 



The abdomen is of a narrow, oblong-oval form ; it is of a black 

 colour, with a somewhat silky bottle-greenish reflection in some 

 positions. It is well clothed with hairs ; and there are four indistinct 

 pale dots, forming nearly a square, near the middle of the upper- 

 side. The spinners are rather long and prominent, those of the 

 inferior pair being the longest and strongest ; they are of a blackish 

 colour, tipped with whitish. The spiracular plates are large and of a 

 dull yellowish-brown colour. 



A single adult male was comprised in Mr. Melliss's collection 

 from St. Helena. 



Genus Clubiona. 



Clubiona dubia. (Plate XXIV. fig. 3.) 



Clubiona dubia, Cambr. Spid. St. Helena, Proc. Zool. Soc, Nov. 

 1869, p. 532. 



In the former collections received from Mr. Melliss the female 

 only of this Spider was found ; iu the last collection there were 

 several males and several females also. In size, colours, and general 

 characters the sexes are similar ; but the falces of the male are 

 longer, and each has a strong conically formed sharp tooth on the 

 under edge of its inner side, near the extremity. 



The palpi are moderately long and not very strong. The humeral 

 joint has three distinct and nearly erect black spines near its fore 

 extremity on the upperside, two near together in a transverse line, 

 the third, which is the longest, is a little way behind them. The 

 radial and cubital joints are of equal length ; the former has a small, 

 pointed, tapering, dark red-brown, somewhat tooth-like, corneous- 

 looking apophysis in continuation of its outer extremity, and four 

 or five longish, bristly, prominent hairs on its inner side ; the 

 digital joint is small and of an oval form, not much, if at all, 

 exceeding in length that of the radial joint. The palpal organs are 

 neither very prominent nor complex ; a longitudinally placed corueous 

 process on their outer side has a deep, red-brown, shining margin, 



