THE GENUS TAPINOCYBA. 253 



I. Tapinocyba praecox (Camb.), 1872 (Type species). 



Synonymy. WalckenaSra praecox (Camb.), Spid. Dors., p. 143. 

 WalckenaSra ingrata (Camb.), Spid. Dors., p. 443. 

 Tapinocyba praecox (Camb., Simon), Arach, 



France, T. 5, P. 3, P. 779. 

 Tapinocyba ingrata (Camb.), Proc. Dors. F, 



Club, vol. xvi., p. III. 

 Tapinocyba praecox (Camb.), List of Brit. 



and Irish Spiders. 



Male. — Average length i"2 mm. The type specimen is 

 under i mm. in length, 



Cephalothorax devoid of any lobe or eminence. In profile 

 it is rounded and not high. The clypeus is much less in 

 height than the ocular area. The highest point of the cephalo- 

 thorax is behind the posterior centrals. From this point it 

 slopes evenly down to the abdominal peduncle. 



Eyes. Posterior row rather strongly procurved. Centrals 

 less than one diameter apart, rather more from laterals. Eyes 

 very large. 



Fost-ocular sulci begin behind the posterior lateral eyes. 

 They run backwards, and a trifle outwards, and are practically 

 straight. 



Palpi rather long. Patella considerably longer than tibia. 

 Tibial apophysis springs from the middle of the dorsum of 

 the anterior border. It is very minute, and thorn-like. Tarsus 

 narrow. Palpal organs small and inconspicuous. 



Female. — Length 1*2, 1*3, or i"4 mm., as a rule not much 

 larger than the male. 



Cephalothorax without elevation, uniformly rounded. 



Eyes. Posterior row distinctly, but slightly procurved. 

 Centrals barely one diameter apart, less than half a diameter 

 from laterals. Eyes very large. 



Vulva. Aperture of oviduct large and transversely elongated, 

 the spermothecse being placed above it. The epigynal area 

 is not distinctly separated from the surrounding integuments. 



