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Cephalo-thorax blackish-brown. A very common 

 species. 



Paehygnatlia clerckii Sund. 



Length. Male 6 mm., female 6.5 mm. 

 Cephalo-thorax warm yellowish-brown, with central 

 and two lateral blackish markings. Not rare. 



Paehygnatlia listeri Sund. 

 Length. Male 3.5 mm., female 3.7 mm. 

 Cephalo-thorax bright reddish-brown, with a dis- 

 tinct central black band. Somewhat uncommon. 



GENUS TETRAGNATHA LATR. 



Falces enormously developed. Maxillae extremely 

 long and very wide at their extremities. Legs long, 

 slender, and furnished with numerous spines. Lateral 

 eyes considerably closer than the fore-centrals to the 

 hind-centrals, but not in contact. These spiders spin 

 orbicular snates. 



Tetragnatha solandrii Scop. 

 Length. Male 7 mm., female 9 mm. 

 This common species is figured. 



Tetragnatha extensa Linn. 



Length. Male 7 mm., female 9 mm. 



Closely resembles T. solandrii in size and mark- 

 ings. The female, however, lacks the toothlike 

 protuberance upon the fang near its base, and the 

 extremity of the palpal organs of the male is not 

 suddenly benl backwards, but is somewhat sinuous 

 and points slightly upwards. A common species. 



Tetragnatha pinicola L. Koch. 



Length. Male 5 mm. 



In this species the prominent denticulation upon 

 the external surface of the male falx is not bifid. 

 The denticulations of the fang groove of the female 

 are very regular in size and arrangement, and the 

 fang is of a somewhat swollen form near its centre. 

 A rare species. 



Tetragnatha obtusa Koch. 



Length. Male 6 mm. 



Easily distinguished by reason of the short, thick 

 humped abdomen. A very rare spider. 



Tetragnatha nigrita Lendl. 



Length. Male 6.5 mm. 



The whole spider is of a rather blackish sombre 

 hue. The male may be at once recognised by the great 

 length of the radial joint, which exceeds that of the 

 digital joint and the palpal organs. A rare spider, 



GENUS EUGNATHA SAV. 



This genus is closely allied to Tetragnatha, but 

 the lateral eyes are far more widely separated. 



Eugnatha striata L. Koch. 



This rare spider is our sole member of the genus. 



GENUS META KOCH. 

 Eyes in three well-separated groups of 2, 4, 2. 



Legs long and armed with spines. Female genital 

 aperture with a distinct but not highly developed 

 epigynum. Maxillae considerably longer than broad. 



Meta segmentata Clk. [Epeira inclinata + 

 E. mengii Bl.) 



Length. Male 6 mm., female 7.5 mm. 



The anterior metatarsi of the male are only pro- 

 vided with spines near the base. The digital joint 

 of the palpus is very complex, with three prominent 

 apophyses, of which the superior one is sharply 

 pointed. The posterior central eyes of the female 

 are rather more separated than the anterior centrals. 



Tctrcignatlia solandrii. a. Female ; b. Falx of Female ; 



c. Palpus of Male ; d. Extremity of same more highly 



magnified. 



An extremely common spider spinning an obliquely 

 placed web in bushes and hedgerows. 



Meta merianae Scop. {Epeira an'.riada + 

 E. celata Bl. ) 



Length. Male 8 mm., female 10 mm. 



Closely allied to M. segmentata. The anterior 

 metatarsi of males, however, are furnished with median 

 spines, posterior central and anterior central eyes of 

 the female are equally separated. Rather common. 



Meta menardii Latr. {Epeira fusca Bl. ) 

 Length. Male 10 mm., female 13 mm. 

 This spider may be easily distinguished from the 

 preceding by its large size. The superior digital 

 apophysis of the male, also, is thick and blunt, and 

 the sternum of the female is furnished with a promi- 

 nence near its centre. This spider frequents caves 

 and other dark situations, but is not common. 



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