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summer time, and in other localities in the neighbourhood. I 

 have received it in great abundance from the fens in Cambridg- 

 shire. 



GENUS CHIEACANTHIUM, C. L. Koch. OLUBIONA, 

 Blaclcw. (in part). 



This genus is nearly allied to Clubiona, but the species have 

 much longer legs, with long prominent falces ; and the general 

 colouring of the abdomen, in the British species, is greenish-olivo 

 with- bright rusty-red and yellow markings. The last, or digital 

 joint of the male palpus is remarkable, possessing a strong, 

 pointed, longer or shorter and more or less curved, spur, directed 

 backwards from near its base ; tho first pair of legs are the 

 longest, whereas in Clubiona the longest is the fourth pair. They 

 aro found on low plants in woods and on waste grounds. 



Four species are at present known to bo British, and of these 

 two only have yet occurred in Dorsetshire. 



CHIRACANTHIUM CARNIEEX. 



CiiiRACANTniUM CABUIFEX, Fabr., C. L. Koch, Die Arachn., Bd. vi., 

 Taf. 184, fig. 438-439. 



The length of the male is about four lines, and that of the 

 female somewhat more. The abdomen is of a dull grass-green 

 hue, mixed with yellow, and an irregular rusty-red band runs along 

 the middle of the upper side. Tho falces are long, divergent and 

 porrected. Tho spur at the base of tho digital joint of the malo 

 palpus is sharp-pointed, strong, and very slightly curved ; and 

 the radial apophysis is slightly indented, or cleft, at its extremity. 

 Tho digital joint is longer than the radial and cubital joints 

 together, and has a strong angular prominence near its extremity 

 9i the outer side. 



This handsome spider is not unfrequent in summer time, at 

 Bloxworth among low plants in woods and on waste grounds, 

 where it spins its somowhat tubular web among the leaves and 

 blossoms. I have met with it in other parts of England, and 

 it appears to be plentiful near Glasgow. 



