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obliquely ; behind each hind lateral eye is a slight longitudinal de- 

 pression or indentation. The legs are rather long, slender, and pro- 

 vided with hairs; their relative length is 4, 1, 2, 3. 



The palpi are short ; the radial joint is of about the same length, 

 but stronger than the cubital ; it spreads rather in a rounded form 

 over the base of the digital joint, and has a largish circular notch or 

 emargination at its upper extremity towards the outer side ; the 

 digital joint is small and of an oval form, and the palpal organs are 

 not very complex or prominent ; the falces are short and powerful, 

 obliquely truncated at their inner extremities, where they are armed 

 with fine teeth. The abdomen is of a slender oval form, and projects 

 but very slightly over the base of the cephalothorax. 



This species belongs to the group of the genus Erigone which in- 

 cludes Walckenaera ignobilis, Cambr., and W. aggeris, Cambr., and, 

 although it does not possess any remarkably striking distinctive cha- 

 racteristic, is yet quite distinct from any recorded species. 



Two adult males were found among low-growing prickly plants on 

 the waste near Mount Tabor. 



Erigone pavida, sp. nov. {Walckenaera, Bl.). (Plate XIV. 

 fig. 22.) 



Male adult, length T \ of an inch, or rather less than | of a line. 



This species is very similar to Walckenaera nemoralis (Bl.) in 

 size, colour, and general structure, but may be distinguished without 

 difficulty by the structure of the palpi. As in that species, it has 

 the upperside of the abdomen covered with a punctuose coriaceous 

 epidermis ; and the abdomen projects closely over the base of the 

 cephalothorax ; the cubital joint of the palpus is longer and stronger 

 than the radial, and of a clavate form ; the radial is slight and pro- 

 duced at its extremity in front into a tapering pointed apophysis, and 

 on the outer side into a shorter, broader, and obtuse one ; the digital 

 joint is of a somewhat irregular form, having a kind of conical curved 

 prominence at its base on the upperside, the extremity of this pro- 

 minence being in near proximity to that of the pointed apophysis of 

 the radial joint ; this character of the digital joint distinguishes it 

 readily from W. nemoralis (Bl.): the palpal organs are well developed 

 and rather complex, and have a small black curved spine with a pro- 

 minent point at their extremity. 



A single adult male was found under a stone at Hasbeiya. 



Genus Linyphia (Latr.). 



LlNYPHIA ALBTJLOIDES, Sp. nOV. 



Male immature, length rather less than 1| line. 



This Spider is in colour and markings exceedingly like L. albula, 

 Cambr., but may be distinguished at once by a central longitu- 

 dinal dark brown line on the cephalothorax ; this line is bifid before, 

 the bifid portion beginning at the junction of the caput and thorax, 

 each of the two parts thence running to the hind central eye oppo- 

 site to it. The legs are long and slender; their relative length 1, 4, 



