THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATUEAL HISTORY. 



[FIFTH SERIES.] 



No. 94. OCTOBER 1885. 



XXIII. — Descriptions of two new Species of Araneidea. 

 By the Eev. O. P. Cambridge, M.A. &c. 



[Plate IX. A. figs. 1 & 2.] 



Family Dictynidse. 



Genus DiCTYNA, Sund. 



Dictyna cognata, sp. nov. (PI. IX. A. fig. 1, a, J, c, d.) 



Adult male, length Ig line. 



In general appearance and size this spider nearly re- 

 sembles Dictyna arundinacea, Linn., to which it is closely 

 allied. It may, however, be easily distinguished by the spur 

 on the radial joint of the palpus. This spur is longer than 

 in D. arundinacea, its length being nearly equal to the 

 breadth of the base of the radial joint; it is also stouter, bent, 

 placed close to the base of that joint, and bifid at its extremity. 

 The radial is a little longer than the cubital joint, and its 

 spur is shorter than that of D. uncinata, Thor., from which it 

 also differs in the abdominal pattern. This pattern nearly 

 resembles that of D. arundinacea. 



The spider from which the above notes have been made 

 was received from Holland, where it was found by Major- 

 General A. W. M. vail Hasselt, who kindly submitted it to 

 n\j inspection, and has permitted me to describe it. 



Family TheridiidsB. 



Genus Lithyphantes. 



Lithyphantes morsitans, sp. nov. 

 (PI. IX. A. fig. 2, a, b, c.) 



Adult female, length 2f lines. 



Cephalothorax short, broad behind, constricted laterally at 

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