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 GENUS NESTIOUS. Thor. LINYPHIA, Blachv. in part. 



The very long, slender, hairy legs, and straight maxillae, 

 clearly separate this genus from Theridion; while the absence of 

 spines on the legs, and the length of the legs of the fourth pair, 

 being greater than that of the second, distinguish it from the 

 genus Linyphia. 



One species only is as yet known in Britain, and that one is 

 found in Dorsetshire, as well as in many other parts of England. 

 Legs 1.4.2.3. 



NESTICUS CELLULANUS. 

 Araneus oelltjlanus, Clerclc, Sv. Spindl., p. 62, pi. 4, Tab. 12. 

 Linyphla crypticolens, Blachv. Spid. Great Brit, and Irel. 

 p. 224, pi. xvi., fig. 148. 



Length of the male about l-7th, and of the female l-6th of 

 an inch. 



This is a spider seldom found excepting in cellars, dark, damp 

 buildings, unused drains and sewors, and in natural caverns in 

 the earth. The whole spider is of a dull yollowish, whitey- 

 brown hue, with a somewhat semi-diaphanous appearance when 

 alive. The cephalo-thorax is of a pale, yellowish-brown colour, 

 with a distinct, blackish margin, and a longitudinal, central, 

 similarly coloured band, strangulated, or constricted, near the 

 middle. The abdomen is of a fainter colour than the cephalo- 

 thorax, very convex on the upper side, where it is marked with 

 some dusky black lines and spots, forming, chiefly, two, parallel, 

 rows along the middle; tho posterior markings often form a 

 longitudinal series of angular bars. The digital joint of the 

 male palpus has, at its base, an enormously developed, curved 

 process, of an irregular, and somewhat concave form ; the palpal 

 organs are also greatly developed, and complex, with corneous 

 processes, and spines. 



Though probably this spider , would be found, by searching 

 in many other localities in this county, I have as yet only met 

 it at Bloxworth Rectory, and at Glanvilles Wootton. It must 



