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may be known by its larger size, and by the circularly-curved 

 spine at the end of the palpal organs. 



Linyphia approximate, occurred in abundance at the end of 

 May, 1863, among grass and sedge in a marshy spot at Blox- 

 worth, but I have never met with it since. It has, however, been 

 sent to me from France. It spins an irregular web low down 

 among the stems of the grass and sedge among which it was 

 found. 



LINYPHIA DOESALIS. 



Linyphia dobsalis, Wider., Zool. Misc. Arachn. Mus. Senck., p. 

 258 (264), pi. xvii., fig. 12. 

 ,, antiikaoina, Blachv., Ann. and Mag. N. H. (2). xi., 



p. 18. 

 „ claytonm;, Blackw., Spid. Great Brit, and Irel., p. 

 233, pi. xvi., fig. 155. 

 The length of the male is about l-9th to l-10th of an inch, 

 The cephalo-thorax is of a dark brown colour tinged with 

 yellow. The caput is neither elevated nor prominent in the 

 ocular region, behind which are some bristly hairs directed 

 forwards. The legs are long, slender, of a yellowish-red colour, 

 and the spines are neither numerous nor conspicuous. The palpi 

 are similar in colour to the legs. The radial and cubital joints 

 are short, the former is the stronger and is produced some* 

 what in front, where it is furnished with bristly hairs. The 

 digital joint is of moderate size, and has a lobe on the 

 outer side. The palpal organs are prominent and complex, 

 with various spines and processes, of which a curved process 

 at the base, on the outer side, and two contiguous curved spines near 

 the middle, are the most conspicuous. The f alces are very slightly 

 divergent, and (in the male only) have a small protuberance 

 near the base in front. The abdomen varies greatly in its depth 

 of colour and in the completeness of its markings. In some 

 examples it is black or nearly so (var. anthracina, Blackw.), at 

 other times it is black, with a longitudinal series of yellowish- 



