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greyish, or slightly slato-oolourod, silky pubescenco, concealing 

 more or less, tho real colour of the spiders ; excepting in a few 

 spocies, there aro scarcely any, and often no distinct, markings on 

 the abdomon. They differ from the three foregoing Genera of 

 Drassides, in the position of tho eyes, and in the form of the 

 maxilla). Tho oyos occupy almost the wholo width of tho fore 

 part of the caput, forming a narrow, transverse, somewhat crescent 

 shaped, or half-moon figure. The maxilla) are rathor long, 

 straight, considerably enlarged at their extremities, and without 

 any transverse impression. 



Theso spiders live chiofly in fine silken, tubular nests, low down 

 among grass and othor herbage, as well as often in folded loavos 

 of treos and shrubs, and under old bark, or any othor similar 

 shelter. 



Fifteen species have boon found in Britain, and of thoso, four, 

 teen have occurred in Dorsetshire. 



CLUI3IONA GIUSEA. 



Cludiona grisea, L. Koch, Die Arachn., Fam. dor Drassiden 



p. 819, pi. xiii., fig. 205, 20G, 207. 

 Clubiona HOLOSEEICEA, Blackw., Spid. Great Brit, and Irel., p_ 

 122, pi. vii., fig. 75. 



Tho length of tho malo is about 4 linos, and that of tho 

 femalo nearly lines. 



Tho cephalothorax is dull brownish, covored with silky grey 

 hairs ; tho logs roddish yellow-brown, armed with spines ; and 

 tho abdomen (which is in this, and all others of tho genus, of a 

 comparatively narrow, slender form), is thickly clothed with 

 short, grey, silky hairs. The palpi of tho malo have tho radial 

 apophysis of a very peculiar form. It consists of a strong, 

 rather prominent, crescent-shaped projection, tho anterior limb 

 of which is curved, and longer than tho other ; between this ami 

 the palpal organs (lying close alongsido tho latter) is a straight 

 sharp pointed projection with a strongish prominonco towards 

 the point, directed backwards, and giving it a barbod appearance 



