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ses not so long, though apparently rather stronger in proportion. 

 Also on the outer side, and rather beneath the humeral joint is 

 a longitudinal row of several prominent black spines, or spine- 

 like bristles, which I do not observe in H. nova ; the palpal 

 organs are much like those of that species, but more convex and 

 prominent. 



Found among moss and herbage in woods, and also among 

 heather, at Bloxworth, in spring and early summer, and very 

 lately received from Sherborne, where it has been met with by 

 my nephew, P. P. Cambridge. This is, I have no doubt, 

 identical with Mr. Blackwall's Agelena montana, found in North 

 Wales; though, subsequently to the publication of his work 

 (Spiders of Great Brit, and Irel.) I have received from him, under 

 this name, numerous examples, of both sexes, of a larger and quite 

 distinct species — Hahnia heheola, Simon (p. 72). 



HAHNIA CANDIDA. 



Hahnia Candida, Sim., Arachn. de France torn, ii., p. 143. 



Length of the male scarcely more than l-18th of an inch. 

 Female slightly longer. 



This spider is nearly allied to Hahnia montana, but may be 

 easily distinguished by its smaller size, and paler and more 

 unicolorous appearance. 



The cephalo-thorax, legs, and palpi are of a yellowish colour. 

 The former tinged with brown, and marked with obscure con- 

 verging lateral lines of a rather deeper hue. The palpi of the 



male are short, andthe cubital jointhasnoapophysis; at least.Ican- 

 not discern any. The humeral joint has a longitudinal row of 

 several small black spines, on the outer side rather underneath ; 

 the radial joint is prolonged behind into a longish, fine-pointed,' 

 tapering, curved apophysis, curving round outwards, and its point 

 directed forwards on the outer side ; the digital joint is very 

 large ; the palpal organs are simple, directed inwards, and 

 encircled by a very fine reddish-brown spine. 



The abdomen is of a short-oval form, of a dull yellowish- 

 brown colour, marked above with a short, longitudinal, central, 



