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 JJERIENE PALLIPES, 



Nebiene PAW.IPES, Camlr,, Trans, Linn, Soc, xxvii,, p, 437, 



Adult male, length 1-1 7th of an inch. 



The colour of thecephalo-thorax of this small spicier is yellowish- 

 brown, finely margined with black. The logs are moderate in 

 length and strength, furnished with hairs and a few slender 

 spines, and of a pale, dull, yellowish colour, The abdomen is 

 oval, glossy, very thinly clothed with hairs, and of a dull black 

 hue. The caput is confluent on the sides with the thorax, owing 

 to the very slight development of the normal indentations ; when 

 seen in profile, the outline of the caput forms an even curve to 

 the base of the falces ; the height of the clypeus is equal to 

 half that of the facial space. The eyes are small, and rather 

 closely grouped together; they differ but little in size; the 

 hind centrals are rather nearer to each other, than each is to 

 the lateral eye next to it ; the fore-centrals are contiguous to each 

 other, and each is about an eye's diameter from the fore lateral 

 next it. 



The palpi are short, and the radial and cubital joints are of equal 

 length ; the former is the strongest, but is devoid of any projec- 

 tions; the digital joint is comparatively large, and greatly 

 exceeds in length that of the radial and cubital joints together; 

 the palpal organs are complex and highly developed. 



The female resembles tho male in colours and general charac- 

 ters, but is rather larger. 



An example of each sex was found on low bushos in a wood 

 at Bloxworth, in July, 1860. 



NERIENE ANOMALA. 



Neriene anomaia, Cambr., Zoologist, 1863, p. 8585. 



Length of the adult female 1-1 lth of an inch. 



The cephalo-thorax is dull yellow-brown, with some sooty lines 

 converging to the thoracic .junction.; . the. logs and palpi are 

 bright yellow-brown ; and the abdomen is large, o.f a long-ovaj 



