No. 13. 



88 ARACHNOIDEA. 



CASE Xysticus PINI {HaJiu), Thomisus audax, Bl.—W. Enlarged sketch of ditto. 

 VII. 



No. II. Similar in appearance to the last. 



No. 12. Thomisus onustus {Walck.\ Th. abbreviatus, BL—\2. Enlarged sketch of 

 ditto. 



A yellow species with the ab- 

 domen so much turned down as 

 to appear abruptly truncate. 



DiyEA DORSATA (ivz^.), Thomisus flori- 

 colens, Bl. — 13. Enlarged figure 

 of ditto. 



Found in chalk and limestone 

 districts ; the male and female 

 differ much in appearance. The 

 female has the cephalo-thorax 



Thomisus abbreviatus (slightly magnified). 2Xld^ ICgS grCCn, thc abdomen 



yellowish, with a large brown 

 mark on the back. The male is slenderer, has the cephalo-thorax 

 red, and the abdomen yellowish, with oblique brownish bars. 

 The legs are reddish and green. 



No. 14. Philodromus margaritatus {Clerck), Ph. pallidas, Bl. — 14. Enlarged 

 figures. 

 Rather a large species (more than \ of an inch in length), pale 

 greenish olive, barred a little with brown, and with pale brownish 

 legs mottled with light brown. 



Nos. Micrommata virescens (C/^;r^), Sparassus smaragdulus, i^/. — 15. Enlarged 

 '^' ^ • figure of male. 16. Ditto of female. 



The female and young male of this spider are entirely green, but 

 the full grown male has the abdomen with a broad yellow longi- 

 tudinal stripe down the upper side, bordered by two bright red 

 lines, and a bright red angular pointed one in the middle. Like 

 its congeners, it is a hunting spider, and is very rapid in its 



