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fine black spines, each of which last springs from a minute black 

 tubercle, giving the legs a spotty appearance. 



The palpi are short, and similar in colour to the legs ; their gene- 

 ral appearance is that of most of the Epeirides ; the cubital joint is 

 angularly prominent above, in front, where it has two minute black 

 tubercles near together ; and from each of these there issues a long, 

 curved, diaphanous spine ; the radial joint is very short, and pro- 

 minent above, and is produced prominently and obtusely on its outer 

 side ; it has several longish, curved, pale, spiny bristles issuing 

 from its upperside ; the digital joint is oval, and has at its base on 

 the outer side a strong, curved, corneous, red-brown prominence, 

 which projects prominently from beneath the radial joint, so as to 

 make it difficult to see its real origin ; the palpal organs project out- 

 wards, and are very highly developed, prominent, and complex : they 

 have two strong, corneous, vertical prominences issuing from them ; 

 one near their base is the longest and strongest, the other issues from 

 their fore part ; near the base of the former, on its inner side, is a 

 short, strong, curved, sharp-pointed spine. The maxillce, labium, 

 and sternum are of the ordinary character, and of the same colour 

 as the cephalothorax. 



The abdomen is elongate-oval, pointed at each end ; the fore 

 extremity projects over the base of the cephalothorax, and the 

 hinder one over and beyond the spinners ; it is of a yellowish-white 

 colour, formed by numerous cretaceous spots ; on the upperside are 

 two pale brownish longitudinal bands, one on either side of the cen- 

 tral line, tapering and converging to the hinder extremity, about 

 three parts of the way towards which are four small but conspicuous 

 black spots, forming a large and nearly quadrate figure ; the two 

 foremost of these spots are the largest and widest apart; the space 

 between the two bands forms a long, narrow, irregularly edged yel- 

 lowish band, which tapers a little behind ; the underside is occupied 

 by a broad, longitudinal, dark, sooty band, which has a narrow white 

 one along its central line ; and round the spinners is a sort of circlet 

 of whitish spots. The epigyne is of a dark red-brown colour, some- 

 what quadrate-oval in form, rather prominent, and looking like a 

 sort of flap, or cover, for the genital aperture. The female has not 

 the four black spots on the abdomen ; but in their place is an acutely 

 angular dusky line or bar. 



An adult male and two females were found in geometric snares 

 among water-weeds on the banks of the stream leading from Elisha's 

 Well on the Jordan plains. 



Fam. Ui,oborides. 



Genus Uloborus (Latr.). 



Uloborus walckenaerius, Latr. Gen. Crust. Ins. i. p. 110. 



An adult male and females of this Spider were found in geometric 

 snares at Jerusalem and near Jericho ; these examples appeared to 



