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The colour of the cephalo-thorax is a deep, shining, black- 

 brown. The legs are bright red-brown, the tibiae of the first 

 and second pairs being deep black-brown. The abdomen is 

 glossy and black. 



The caput of the male is distinctly, but not greatly, elevated ; 

 and is divided into two very unequal segments by a deep trans- 

 verse cleft in front. The hinder segment is greatly the largest, 

 obtuse, and rounded above, and bears on its summit tho hind- 

 central pair of eyes. The anterior segment is very small, 

 and has, near its upper part in front, two small, divergent, pale, 

 processes, curving sharply upwards ; and near its base are the eyes 

 of the fore-central pair, the lateral pairs being, on either side, a 

 little below the cleft. The palpi of the male are dark reddish- 

 brown ; the radial joint is much stronger than the cubital, and 

 has a large, obtuse process, in front, towards the outer side ; a 

 longer, slenderer, pointed one towards the inner side, is directed 

 obliquely over the digital joint, and there is a small obtuse one 

 underneath. The palpal organs are complex, and have a fine, cir- 

 cularly curved spine, covered with membrane, at their extremity. 

 The legs of tho female are coloured, like those of the male. 



Found frequently among rough grass, near the roots of trees, 

 as well as on iron railings, on the lawn at Bloxworth Eectory, in 

 the months of May and June. It has also been met with in 

 North Wales and Scotland. 



Walchena'ira antica is one of the most distinct and remarkable 

 of our indigenous species ; and the processes in front of the 

 anterior segment of the caput, with the bright reddish legs and 

 black tibiae of the first and second pairs, render it one of the 

 easiest to distinguish. 



WALCKENAERA FUSCIPES. 



Walokenaeea fuscipes, Blackw., Spid. Great Brit, and Irel., p. 

 295, pi. xx., fig. 209. 



The length of the male is one line, and the female is rather 

 larger. 



