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it from near Gloucester ; and it has boon met with in North 

 Wales. 



LINYPHIA VARIEGATA. 



Nemene varieoata, Blacho., Spid. Great Brit, and Irel., p. 282, 

 pi. xix., fig. 195. 



The male measures from l-12th to l-13thof an inch in length. 



The cephalo-thorax is yellow, with a slender marginal black 

 line, and a central longitudinal, rather variable, black stripe, 

 which widens from the thorax to a little behind tho eyes, where 

 it terminates ; and occasionally there are somo short, lateral, con- 

 verging, blackish lines in the thoracic region. The legs are 

 yellow, annulated with black, and the abdomen is yellowish, with 

 a few small white spots above and on the sides. On the fore 

 part of the upper side is a conspicuous black marking, sometimes 

 rather cruciform, sometimes arrow-headed, followed by a row 

 of black spots on each side of tho medial lino, terminating with 

 two or three curved, or subangular, black lines above the spinners. 

 The black spots on either side are also occasionally united in 

 pairs by slender angular lines ; but those are usually obsolete. 

 The sides are markod and streaked with black. 



The spines on the legs are distinct, though not very strong. 

 At the fore extremity of the upper side of the cubital joint of 

 the male palpus is a very long, projecting, somewhat spine-like 

 black bristle. The digital joint is rather large, and has a large 

 lobe on its outor side, and a prominent, but not very large, pro- 

 cess at its base. The palpal organs are prominent and complex. 

 The female is rather larger, but resembles the male in colour and 

 markings. 



This pretty little spider is rather rare in spring, late summer, 

 and autumn, among long grass and herbage on waste lands, and 

 in sandy-heath situations at Bloxworth. It is very abundant 

 near Southport, in Lancashire ; and, has been met with in York- 

 shire, North Wales, and Scotland. 



