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Palpi. Patella and tibia about equal in length. The latter 

 bears a short broad apophysis terminating in two equal blunt, 

 short processes, somewhat triangular in shape. Tarsus large 

 and broad. Palpal organs prominent and bulky. 



Female. — Length \'\ mm. or less. 



Cephalothorax a good deal lower than in male. 



Eyes. Posterior row strongly procurved, eyes equidistant, 

 and about a diameter apart. 



Vulva. Aperture of oviduct broader than long, with the 

 spermothecae placed lateral to, and rather above it. Epigynal 

 area deeply pigmented, and distinctly separated off from 

 surrounding integuments. The vulva is rather variable. 



Abdomen of a very pale grey-brown. 



Distribution. — England : Staffordshire, Northumberland, 

 Yorkshire. Scotland : Pentland Hills, Lanark. Also in 

 France, Germany, Switzerland, and Hungary. 



Habitat. — Occurs among dead leaves and pine needles in 

 woods. Occasionally among moss and grass. Adult in 

 autumn. This spider hibernates, and may be found abun- 

 dantly in spring. 



4. Tapinocyba insectus (L. K.), 1869. 



Synonymy. Plaesiocraerus msectus (L. K.-Simon), Arach. 



France, T. v., P. 3, p. 774. 

 Tapinocyba insecta (L. K.-Kulcz.), Aran. 



Hung., T. ii., P. i., plate, and p. 129. 

 Tapinocyba i?isecta (L. K.-Camb.), List of 



Brit, and Irish Spiders. 



Male. — Length i'5 mm. or more. 



Cephalothorax devoid of any lobe or elevation. In profile 

 very flat, so that upper and lower borders appear nearly 

 parallel. In Swiss specimens kindly sent by M. R. de Lessert 

 this was not well marked, and the caput was somewhat raised 

 as in T. pallens, otherwise the examples were identical with 

 our British specimens. The clypeus projects strongly and 



