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length, reddish ; the second feet, and then the last two are 

 the longest ; the thorax is brown on the sides ; the abdomen 

 is ovoid, and has above a black or brown spot, like a lozenge, 

 and bordered with white. 



Philodromus ohlotigus (Walck., ibid. ead. fig. 9.) belongs 

 to the same division, as regards the relative proportions of the 

 feet, and the disposition of the eyes ; but the abdomen is 

 longer, almost cylindrical, or in an elongated cone, with three 

 longitudinal stripes, and some brown points, on a yellowish 

 ground, which is also the colour of the thorax. This part 

 presents in the middle two brown stripes forming an elon- 

 gated V. 



These two species are found in the neighbourhood of Paris. 

 See, with respect to the others, the French Fauna, fi'om which 

 we have extracted the preceding descriptions. 



Thomisus, Walck., 



Differ from philodromus in their forceps, proportionally 

 smaller and cuneiform, and in their four hinder feet, very 

 sensibly, or even suddenly shorter than the preceding. The 

 lateral eyes are often situated on eminences, while those of 

 the philodromi are constantly sessile. Here, again, the two 

 lateral posterior eyes are more cast behind than the two inter- 

 mediate ones of the same line, while in the thomisi, these 

 four eyes are pretty nearly on the same level. 



The species of this subgenus are those which have been 

 more especially designated by the name of craS-spiders. 

 The males are often very different in colour from the females, 

 and sometimes much smaller. 



Some, all exotic, have the eyes disposed four by four, on 

 two transverse lines, almost parallel, and of which the hinder 

 one is the longest. 



In the others, which form the greater number, tlie assem- 



