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brown annulatecl with brownish, black. Tho abdomon is of a palo 

 yellowish-brown on tho upper side mixed with white, yellowish, 

 and often with red-brown ; it is divided longitudinally by a blackish 

 tapering stripe, and on the hinder half there is a series of strong 

 blackish angular bars, the extremities of which are sometimes a 

 little enlarged. Tho sides of the abdomen are thickly reticulated 

 with brown lines, and on the under side are two longitudinal 

 bands of tho same colour. The female resembles tho malo in 

 colours and markings, but the ground colour is ofton much paler, 

 and the pattern consequently more distinct. 



Tho cubital joint of the malo palpus' has its foro extremity, on 

 the upper side, produced into a short, pointed, curved, reddish 

 spine, and the palpal organs are simple, with a coiled filiform 

 spine connected with their surface. 



This is an abundant species, on furze bushes when in full 

 bloom on Bloxworth heath, and is also frequently found running, 

 on warm sunshiny spring mornings, on iron railings on tho 

 Eectory lawn. It is also common throughout tho southern 

 counties of England. 



LETHIA MENGII. 



Ciniflo MENGII, Cambr., Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii., p. 441, p. 33, 

 No. 7. 



This spider is similar in size and form to Lethia humilis, but 

 the malo may easily bo distinguished by its darker colouring and 

 by the form and structure of tho palpi and palpal organs. 



The markings on the abdomen are also less distinct, and vary 

 in their colour, being yellow-brown on a deep black-brown 

 ground. The cubital joint of the palpus is also devoid of the 

 characteristic spine found at the fore extremity of the cubital 

 joint of L. humilis. The palpal organs are big-lily developed 

 and prominent, with several processes, and a filiform spine is 

 connected with their surface. 



A single example only, found on the lawn railings at Blox- 

 worth Eectory in early summer, has yet been recorded. It has 

 not, so far as I know, been observed upon the continent. 



