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at onco be recognized by a small, perpendicular, obtusely- 

 pointed, somewhat subcorneal eminence on the caput, behind the 

 eyes, surmounted by a crest of hairs. It is a rare spider every- 

 where. I have, twice or three times only, found it among grass 

 and herbage at Bloxworth in summer time, and it has occurred 

 in Wales and Scotland. The female is probably very like that 

 of the foregoing spocies, though it has not yet been certainly 

 identified. 



NERIENE GIBBOSA. 



Nemene oibbosa, BtacJew., Spid. Great Brit, and Irel., p. 278. 



This spider is a very little largor than the last, but resembles 

 it very much in its general colouring. It may however be easily 

 distinguished by the form of the cephalo-thorax, which has a very 

 large, obtusely rounded protuberance, on the middle of the upper 

 side, at the occiput ; and immediately in front of this is a deep 

 hollow, or depression, furnished with strong bristly hairs, whose 

 points appear to converge over it. The palpi of the male bear 

 considerable resemblance to those of Nerieno apicata, but the 

 radial apophyses are rather stronger. 



I have found specimens of this very distinct spider, rather 

 abundantly on one occasion, among moss in a swamp near Cham- 

 berlains Bridge, between Bere and Wool, in the month of June. 

 It has been met with also in North Wales and Scotland. The 

 female is rather larger than the male, and has not the pro- 

 tuberance on the cephalo-thorax. 



NERIENE TUBEROSA. 



Nebiene tuberosa, Blaokw., Spid. Great Brit, and Irel., p. 279, 

 pi. xix., fig. 192. 



This spider is about the same size as the foregoing — about 

 l-12th of an inch, or rather more in length — and resembles it in 

 colours and general appearance. 



The cephalo-thorax has also the middle of its upper aide £oa- 



