420 MR. J. BLACKWALL ON SOME TUSCAN Sl'IDEllS. 



convex and hairy externally, concave within, comprising the palpal 

 organs, which are moderately developed, lenticular in form, emar- 

 ginated at the extremity, and of a dull brownish-yellow hue, with 

 dark-brown margins. The abdomen is oviform, somewhat depressed, 

 sparingly sui)plied with black bristles, projects a little over the base 

 of the cephttlothorax, and is of a ycllovvish-whitc colour ; two dark 

 reddish-brown, parallel spots at the anterior extremity of the upper 

 part are succeeded by a series of larger irregular spots of the same 

 hue extending on each side of the medial line to the spinners, which 

 organs are surrounded by a circle of the same colour ; a reddish-brown 

 line, followed by two oblique s[)ots, extends from the anterior part to 

 each side, and a sm.all and somewhat redder spot is situated at the 

 posterior margin of each branchial operculum, towards the inner 

 side. 



Thomisus hirtus, Koch, Arachn. Band iv. p. 42, t. 120. f. 275, 276. 



TlIOMISUS CUNEOLUS. 



Xysticus cuneolus, Koch, Arachn. Band iv. p. ^9, t. 130. f. 302. 



Thomisus tuuncatus, IValch. Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt. tom.i.p. 515. 

 Thomisus horridus, Koch, Arachn. Band iv. p. 49, t. 123. f. 280. 



Thomisus abbueviatus, Walck. Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt. torn. i. p. 



516 ; Blackw. Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, p. 90. pi. 4. f. 54. 

 Thomisus diadema, Hahn, Arachn. Band i. p. 49, t. 13. f. 37 ; Koch, 



Arach. Band iv. ]). 51, t. 123. f. 281, 282. 



Genua Puilodeomus, Walck. 



PiiiLODROMUS AUREOLUs, Wttlck. Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt. torn. i. 



p. 556; Sund. Vet. Akad. Handl. 1832, p. 223; Blackw. Spiders of 



Great Britain and Ireland, p. 99, pi. 5. f. 59. 

 Thomisus aureolus, Hahn, Arachn. Band ii. p. 57, t. 62. f. 144, 145. 



Philodromus oblongus, Walck. Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt. tom. i. 



p. 558; Blackw. Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, p. 100. pi. 5. 



f. 60. 

 Philodromus trilineatus, Sund. Vet. Akad. Handl. 1832, p. 2^7. 

 Thomisus oblongus, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Insect, tom. i. p. 112; Hahn, 



Arachn. Band i. p. 110, t. 28. f. 82. 



Genus Spaeassus, Walch. 



Sparassus smaragdulus, Walck. Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt. tom. i. 



p. 582; Blackw. Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland,]!. 102, \A. 5. {. 61. 

 Sparassus smaragdinus, Sund. Vet. Akad. Handl. 1831, p. 147, and 



1832, p. 271. 

 Sparassus virescens, Koch, Arachn. Band xii. p. 87, t. 416. f. 1019. 



