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CLUBIONA PALLIDULA. 



Aranetjs paixidulus, Clerch., Sv. Spindl., p. 81, pi 2, tab. 7. 

 Clubiona epimelas, Blachw., Spid., Great Brit, and Irel., p. 124, 

 pi. vii., fig. 77. 



This spider is larger than either of tho foregoing, and has a 

 much greyer look owing to the greyer colour of its hairy cloth- 

 ing, though in reality the spider itself is darker, and has a less 

 yellow-red hue ; the forepart of the caput, particularly, is 

 suffused with deep blackish brown, and the abdomen with dark 

 reddish brown. 



In the form of the radial apophysis Clubiona pallidula is some, 

 thing like C. grisea, but the palpi are altogether shorter, the 

 digital joint is smaller, and the outer prominence of the apophysis 

 far less developed. 



The length of the male is nearly 5 lines, and the female is 

 larger. 



Frequent at Bloxworth, and in many other localities^ It is 

 found, especially in an immature state, under decayed bark on 

 hewn timber, gate-posts, railings, and palings, as well as on standing 

 trees. In such situations many examples may often be met with 

 together, though each is generally enclosed in its own separate 

 silken tubular chamber; the rapidity with which they escape 

 from their dwellings when exposed, and drop to the ground, 

 where security is quickly found among the herbage, is remark, 

 able. It is adult during the summer months, and is generally 

 distributed throughout the United Kingdom. 



CLUBIONA CORTICALIS. 



Clubiona corticalis, Walch., Ins., Apt. I., p. 593, and Blachw., 



Spid., Great Brit, and Irel., p. 126, pi. vii., 



fig. 79. 



This is one of the finest and most distinct species of the genus 



The length of the male is very nearly 6 lines, and that of the female 



is slightly greater. The cephalo-thorax is reddish-brown, the 



legs and palpi pale ; the abdomen is thickly clothed with hairs, 



