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broad, longitudinal, dusky band reaching from near the spinners 

 to the genital aperture. "With this last is connected a long, 

 rather broad process, directed horizontally backward, and of a 

 somewhat tongue-shape, its extremity being broader than the 

 rest. By the form of this process the female of this spider may 

 be easily determined ; but the *male has not yet been discovered. 

 The spines on the legs are rather long, and very slender. 



An example of the female was received from Mr. C. "W. Dale, 

 by whom it was found at Glanvilles "Wootton, in the summer of 

 1877. It had previously been found only in Scotland. 



LINYPHIA DECIPIENS, Sp., n. 



Adult female length, 2 lines. 



The cephalo-thorax is moderately convex above, the profile 

 line of the caput and thorax forming a very slightly curved, even 

 line, being, in fact, almost straight from close to the hinder 

 extremity to the occiput ; its colour is a pale, dull, straw-yellow, 

 which would probably have deepened to yellow-brown, as the 

 examples met with had evidently not long attained maturity. 



The eyes are of tolerable size, in the usual general position, 

 and the ocular area is a little prominent. Those of the hind 

 central pair are rather nearer to each other than each is to the 

 hind lateral eye on its side. The eyes of the hinder row (in 

 the two examples found) have a diaphanous, aborted appearance ; 

 whether this may be accidental or not is uncertain ; those of 

 the fore-central pair are separated by a distinct interval, equal to 



• An adult male example, which I helieve to he of this species, has very 

 recently heen sent to me from Scotland. Its length is 2 lines. The abdomen 

 is of a dull, sooty hue, without markings, excepting an indistinct, dull, 

 whitish patch towards the hinder extremity of the upper side. The falces 

 are rather long, moderately strong, divergent, armed with longish, strong 

 teeth in the usual position, and with a strongish, toothlike process, towards 

 the fore extremity, rather on the inner side. The legs of the second pair 

 are distinctly shorter than those of the fourth pair, while in the female 

 those of the second appear slightly to exceed the fourth pair in length ; 

 the legs are clothed with ooarse hairs, and two or three very slender spines 

 on the genual and tibial joints. The palpi are rather long, slender, and 

 much like those of Neriene rufa, p. 123 (iV. rubripes, Blackw.), but the palpal 

 organs differ a little in structure, and the falces are not nearly so strong, 

 nor so prominent near their base in front. 



