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CLUBIONA FALLENS. 



Clubiona pallets, L. Koch, Die Arachn., Fani. der Drassiden, 

 pi. xiv., fig. 234-236. 

 „ diveesa, Cambr., Zoologist 1862, p. 7959. 



Closely allied to C. trivialis, but smaller, and of a generally 

 similar, though brighter hue. The two species may be easily 

 mistaken for each other, until the radial apophysis of the male 

 palpus is examined; this portion of structure, in the present 

 spider, is long and rather strong, but instead of terminating in 

 an obtuse, broad, roundish form, it tapers gradually to a 

 bluntish point ; the colour of this apophysis is deep reddish, 

 brown. The abdomen is brightish yellow, mottled more or less 

 thickly along the middle of the upper side, and towards the 

 spinners, with bright brownish-red. The legs are of a dull 

 straw colour, and the cephalo-thorax is of a very similar hue. 



The female is rather larger, but resembles the male in colour 

 and other general characteristics. 



Eare among moss and heather roots on Bloxworth heath. I 

 have also reoeived it from near Glasgow. 



CLUBIONA SUBTILIS. 



CltJbiowa subtilis, L. Koch, Die Arachn., Fam. der Drassiden 

 p. 351, Taf. xiv., fig. 229-231. 

 „ Fallens, Blackw., Spid. Great Brit, and Irel., p. 130, 

 pi. viii., fig. 82. 

 The length of the male is rather less than two lines, that of 

 the female about two lines. 



The cephalo-thorax is yellowish-brown, strongly suffused with 

 darker brown on the caput, and slightly tinged with olive-green 

 in the thoracic region. The legs are pale yellowish-brown, and 

 the abdomen is of a dull yellowish-red colour. The palpi are 

 short, and the radial apophysis is rather long, tapering and 

 pointed. 



This small species is allied to C. pattens, L. Koch, and is not rare 

 among water weeds, and rushes in marshy places at Bloxworth in 



