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The caput is rather raised and prominent before, and has, at 

 its summit, a tuft of curved, strong, bristly hairs, directed 

 forwards. The colour of the cephalo-thorax is brownish-yellow, 

 rather clouded with brown towards the margins ; the ocular area 

 is black. The clypeus is high, and prominent just above the falces. 

 The legs are long, rather slender, of a brownish-yellow colour, 

 and the spines are moderately long and strong; the relative 

 length is 1.2.4.3. The palpi are short, slender, and similar to the 

 legs in colour. The cubital and radial joints are short; the 

 latter is the strongest, and has a tuft of strongish, bristly hairs in 

 front, the former has a very long, tapering bristle, directed 

 forwards from its fore extremity. The digital joint is of an 

 irregular form, with a prominent lobe on the outer side, and a 

 short, curved, conical prominence at its base on the inner side. 

 The palpal organs are exceedingly prominent and complex. A 

 dark red-brown, curved process projects from their base over the 

 base of the digital joint, and was mistaken, at first, for a 

 prominence, issuing from that joint. There are other conspicuous 

 spines and processes, the most conspicuous being a large one 

 projecting outwards from near the extremity of the palpal 

 organs. 



The falces are moderately long and strong, and divergent at 

 their extremities. 



The abdomen is of a pale, dull, yellowish-brown colour above, 

 with a longitudinal, central series of largish, angular, black- 

 brown bars, occupying nearly all the upper side ; the first two 

 are often stronger than the rest, and almost confluent, forming 

 a large, irregular patch. The sides, the part just above the 

 spinners, and the underside, are black-brown. 



The female is rather larger and darker than the male. All the 

 angular bars along the middle of the upper side of the abdomen 

 are more or less confluent, and the sides have a broken line of 

 indistinct, yellowish-brown markings along their lower part. 



A single example of each sex, found among heather, at Blox- 

 worth, in May, 1862, remained until recently, the only known 

 specimens. 



