314 List of Araneidea and Phalangidea. 



Neeiene stjblimis, sp. n. The adult male of this Spider 

 is one-tenth of an inch in length : it is of a slender 

 form, and is nearly allied to JErigone fuscipalpis, C. 

 Koch.=iV. gracilis, Bl. It may, however, be readily 

 distinguished by its larger size, the redder brown 

 colouring of the legs, the slenderer form of the 

 falces, and the structure of the palpal organs. The 

 cephalotJiorax, falces, maxillae, and labium are of a 

 deep brown colour; the legs are long, slender, 

 and of a yellow brown colour ; the femora much 

 the strongest, and strongly tinged with red ; 

 they are armed with hairs and a very few slender 

 prominent spine-like bristles ; and their relative 

 length is 4, 1, 2, 3. The cubital joint is rather 

 nodiform, with a longish, slightly sinuous bristle, 

 directod forwards from its fore side. The palpi 

 are short, the cubital and radial joints very 

 short ; the latter is rather the strongest, and has 

 its outer extremity at the fore part produced into a 

 short slight point (similar to that of JV. fuscipalpis) ; 

 the digital joint is of tolerable size and is some- 

 what angularly prominent towards its base on the 

 outer side, resembling in this particular also the 

 species before mentioned ; the palpal organs are 

 highly developed and complex, the corneous spines 

 and processes less compact and more prominent than 

 in 'JV. fuscipalpis, two in particular may be noticed 

 as giving a strong differential character from those 

 of that species. One of these, situated towards the 

 base of the palpal organs, projects prominently 

 backwards and inwards, and has its extremity 

 slightly curved and terminating in an obtuse, or 

 squarish point : the other lying along the outer 

 side has its fore extremity bifid or forked. The 

 abdomen is small, oval, not very convex above ; its 

 colour is black, glossy, and clothed very sparingly 

 with short hairs. The female is much larger than 

 the male, measuring nearly two lines in length, but 

 resembles that sex in general form and colour. 

 The epigyne connected with the genital aperture is 

 strong, prominent, and furnished at its extremity 

 with a short, strong, closely recurved corneous pro- 

 cess, or ovipositor. — An adult male and three adult 

 females, top of Cheviot Hill. 



ctjrtipes, sp. n. The length of the adult male 



of this species is one line. The cephalotJiorax is 

 short, but of ordinary general form : the caput 



