1872.] NEW SPECIES OF ERIGONE. 751 



hinder pair are on the posterior margin of the prominence, and are 

 separated from each other by about the length of an eye's diameter ; 

 those of the foremost pair are close together on the fore margin ; 

 those of the lateral pairs are seated obliquely, each hind lateral eye 

 being removed about an eye's diameter from that of the hinder pair 

 on its side ; so that these four form a strongly curved row, and are 

 equidistant from each other. All are seated on strongish tubercles, 

 and are dark-coloured and indistinct. 



The legs are moderate in length and strength, of a yellow colour, 

 tinged with orange ; their relative length is 4, 1, 2, 3 ; and they are 

 furnished with hairs, of which a few have a semispinous character 

 and are nearly perpendicular. 



The palpi are paler and duller in colour than the legs, the digital 

 joint and a portion of the radial are brown ; the cubital and radial 

 joints are very short, the latter being the stronger of the two ; it is 

 slightly and obtusely produced behind, and at its fore extremity are 

 two pointed apophyses, one in front the longest and strongest, the 

 other, of the nature of a sharp prominent tooth, on the outer side. 

 The abdomen is of a broadish and somewhat flattened oval form ; 

 its colour is deep black ; it is clothed perceptibly with hairs, and 

 projects considerably over the base of the cephalothorax. 



A single example, captured at Nuremberg by Dr. L. Koch, by 

 whom it was forwarded to me for examination. In the form of the 

 cephalothorax and the position of the eyes it bears some considerable 

 resemblance to the genus Theridion. Among its near congeners it 

 seems to be allied to Walckena'era humilis (Bl.) ; the form of the 

 cephalothorax and the radial joints of the palpi easily distinguish it 

 from any other yet described species. Other examples have since 

 been captured at Newhaven, Sussex, by M. Eugene Simon, in the 

 spring of 1871 ; these were found on furze bushes, among the shoots 

 covered with bloom. 



ERiGONE(NERiENE,Bl.)iNCONSPicuA,sp.n. (Plate LXV. fig. 5.) 



Male adult, length -^ of an inch. 



The cephalothorax, falces, maxillae, and labium of this species are 

 of a yellow-brown colour, the sternum being suffused with blackish ; 

 the legs are tinged with orange, and the abdomen is of a dull olive- 

 greenish brown. It is closely allied to Linyphial microphthalmia 

 (Cambr.), both in size, general form, and structure, but may be 

 distinguished by the larger size of the eyes, a difference of structure 

 in the palpal organs, and also by the armature of the legs ; in the 

 present species the legs are furnished with no spines, properly so 

 called, these being represented by bristles. It also bears considerable 

 resemblance to Linyphia decens (Cambr.) ; but that species differs 

 remarkably in the colour and clothing of the abdomen. 



The radial joints of the palpi are produced at their extremity in 

 front, in a rounded form, near which, close to the upper fore margin, is 

 a single rather conspicuous series of bristly hairs directed forwards, 

 and on the outer side are also some longer ones of the same nature ; 

 close to the outer side of this joint the palpal organs have a circu- 



