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does not rise above the thoracic lovel. The colour of the cophalo- 

 thorax is dark yellow-brown. The legs and palpi are paler, and 

 the abdomen is either deep brown, or black. The cubital joints 

 of the palpi have some long, strongish hairs at their extremity, in 

 front, in a sort of tuft. The digital joint is rather large and has 

 a largeish lobe on the outer side ; the palpal organs are prominent 

 and complex. 



This spider occurs occasionally at Bloxworth, among moss and 

 at the roots of rank herbage in hedges ; I have also found it 

 several times crossing the road in sunshine. The group of long 

 hairs on the cubital joints of the palpi are a striking, and dis- 

 tinguishing character. I have recoived this spider from some 

 other parts of England, as well as from Scotland and North "Wales. 



NERIENE NIGRICEPS. 



Neriene nigrioeps, Cambr., Ann. and Mag. N. H., Ser. 4, Vol. 

 16, p. 248, pi. viii., fig. 6. 



A very distinct and interesting little spider. Tho length 

 of the adult female is 1J lines. The profile of the cephalo- 

 thorax shews that the caput is not raised above the thorax. The 

 colour of the cephalo-thorax is orange-yellow, the caput black • 

 the legs and palpi are rather paler than the cephalo-thorax, and 

 the abdomen is dull black, tinged with olive. The legs are long, 

 rather strong, paiticularly the femoral joints, and are furnished 

 with hairs, and a few slender, prominent, spine-like bristles on the 

 femora and tibiae. The falces are rather long, not very strong, 

 slightly divergent, and nearly perpendicular. The eyes of 

 tho hind-central pair are distinctly nearer to each other than 

 each is to the lateral eye next to it. Those of the fore-central 

 pair are not quite contiguous to each other, and are divided 

 from the fore-laterals also by a very small interval. 



A single example was found among heather at Bloxworth, in 

 May, 1875. 



