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Pound near Lyndhurst, Hants, as well as among moss and 

 Leather on Bloxworth heath. It is adult in July, August and 

 September, when I have occasionally observed the male running 

 in sandy places in sunshine. In June, 1877, I met with it in 

 abundance among star grass on the sand hills between Little 

 Sea and the seashore near Studland ; but all were then imma- 

 ture. This species does not yet appear to have been found on 

 the continent, and it is but very recently that I have been able 

 to identify, as undoubtedly synonymous, Agelena graeilipes, Bl., 

 and Drassus prtslongipes, Oambr. 



LIOCBANUM CELEB, S]). %. 



Deassus palliabdii, Cambr., Trans., Linn. Soc. xxvii, p. 413 



(exclude the synonyms there quoted). 

 Liooranum graoilipes, Cambr., I.e. xxviii. p. 440, in pai>t. 



An immature female of this spider measured about one line 

 in length. 



Although this spider was formerly considered to be only the 

 immature form of Agelena graeilipes, Bl. (which it resembles very 

 nearly in general colouring an,d appearance) the recent capture 

 of numerous examples of that species leads me to believe it to 

 be decidedly distinct, and hitherto undescribed. It may be 

 readily distinguished by the posterior row of eyes being straight, 

 and the interval between the eyes of each lateral pair being con- 

 sequently greater. The cephalo-thorax has a similar ground- 

 colour, but it is much less generally suffused with brown, the 

 converging markings being black brown and much more distinct. 

 In A. graeilipes there is also, on each side of the cephalo-thorax, 

 an indistinct, pale, submarginal stripe, always more or less 

 traceable, while in the present spider it is quite absent. The 

 falces are marked like the cephalo-thorax. 



Another very tangible, distinguishing character is furnished 

 by the two anterior pairs of legs, the tibia and metatarsi of which 

 are immaculate, while the femora and genua are slightly suffused 

 with brown, as well as boldly and distinctly marked with some 



