157 



the male measuring 1-1 6th of an inch in length, and the female 

 l-14th. 



The cephalo-thorax is of a dark brown colour, marked with 

 converging rows of small punctures on tho sides ; the fore part of 

 the caput is obtuse and prominent, and the occiput is distinctly, 

 but not greatly, elevated, the elevation forming a roundish 

 posterior lobe divided from the anterior lobe by a transverse furrow 

 or indentation. The hind-central pair of eyes are placed in front 

 of the hinder lobe, and the fore-central pair near 

 the upper part of the anterior lobe, the lateral pairs being on 

 each side of the fore-central pair. The legs are reddish yellow- 

 brown, and the abdomen is of a somewhat flattened-convex form 

 above, and of a brown-black colour. The cuticle on the upper 

 side has a semi-coriaceous appearance, and is tbickly covered 

 with small punctures ; four, more conspicuous, impressed spots 

 forming a quadrangular figure near the middle. The palpi of 

 the male are of a brownish hue, the radial joint is smaller than 

 the cubital and has a longish, straight pointed apophysis at its 

 fore extremity on the upper side. The digital joint is rather 

 small, and the palpal organs are complex, with a slender curved 

 spine at their extremity. 



Found rarely amongmossand dead leaves, &c, in woods ; butmore 

 abundantly on iron railings, in the spring of 1878, atBloxworth; 

 also under pieces of rock at Portland,but rare in the latter locality. 

 The punctured cephalo-thorax and abdomen, with the moderate, 

 but distinct and roundish occipital elevation, enable one to dis- 

 tinguish this little spider without difficulty. 



Except in wanting the elevation of the occiput the female 

 resembles the male. 



WALCKENAERA PUMILA. 



Walckenaeea pumila, Blackw., Spid. Great Brit, and Irel., p. 

 312, pi. xxi., fig. 227. 

 The male measures 1-1 5th or l-14th of an inch in length, and 

 the female rather more. The cephalo-thorax is dark-brown; 



