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The colour of the cephalo-thorax is dark rich brown, that of 

 the legs red-brown, and the abdomen sooty black and glossy. 



A single example only, found among moss and dead leaves at 

 Bloxworth, in May, 1863. I have more recently received examples 

 of it from Niirnberg in Bavaria. 



WALCKENAEEA SCABEICULA. 



"Walckenaera soabrioula, Westr. Aran. Suec, p. 249. 



„ agqeris, Cambr., Ann. and Mag. N. H., (3) v., p. 



173., and Blaclcw., Spid. Great Brit, and 

 Irel., p. 301, pi. xxi.,fig. 216. 



The length of the male is 1-1 6th of an inch, and the female is 

 rather larger. 



The cephalo-thorax is black and glossy; the caput broad, 

 prominent, and obtuse, and the occipital region slightly 

 elevated. The legs and palpi are of a bright yellowish, rod- 

 brown colour, and the abdomen glossy black. The eyes are in 

 four pairs, enclosing a space equal in length and width ; and an 

 oblong vertical space, between the fore-central and hind-central 

 pairs of eyes, is thickly clothed with hairs ; there is also a longi- 

 tudinal indentation directed backwards from each lateral pair of 

 eyes. The radial joint of the male palpus is stronger than the 

 cubital. The former is produced at its fore extremity on the 

 upper side, and has a sharp apophysis on its outer side. The 

 digital joint is of moderate size, and the palpal organs are 

 prominent and complex. 



Very rare, among heath and rough grass in sandy places at 

 Bloxworth, and at Southport, in Lancashire. I have also received 

 it from Scotland. 



WALCKENAEEA PAEALLELA. 



Walckenaera parallela, Blaclcw., Spid. Great Brit, and Irel., 

 p. 296, pi. xx., fig. 211. 

 As nearly as possible of the same size as the last species, 



