212 

 LINYPHIA PHOLCOMMOIDES, Sp. n. 



Length of the adult male, scarcely more than 2-3rds of a line. 



The cephalo-thorax is of a short, round-oval, rather flattened 

 form ; the caput very short, and -with scarcely any lateral com- 

 pression ; the thorax, at the top of the posterior slope (which is 

 steep, and greatly indented), is higher than any part of the 

 caput ; the profile running through to the eyes in a very slightly 

 concave line. The colour of the cephalo-thorax is yellow, with 

 a dusky-blackish, central, longitudinal line, enlarged into a patch 

 on the occiput. There are also similar converging lines on the 

 sides, and a marginal line of the same hue. 



The eyes are rather large, and closely grouped, reminding one 

 very much of the position of those of Pholcomma (p. 81). Three 

 large eyes, contiguous to each other, form a very short, curved 

 line (or rather a triangle) on each side of the ocular area, which 

 js suffused with black. Between the fore ends of these lines are 

 the more minute fore-central pair of eyes, contiguous to each 

 Other, and to the fore-lateral eye on'each side ; the interval between 

 the eyes of the hind-central pair is very small, being no more, if 

 so much, as half of an eye's diameter. The height of the 

 clypeus is about equal to one-third of that of the facial space. 



The falces are small, directed strongly backwards, and similar 

 to the cephalo-thorax in colour. 



The legs are rather long, and slender ; their relative length is 

 apparently 4.1.2.3. ; but some of them being mutilated, I am not 

 sure upon this point. The femora are of an orange-yellow 

 colour ; the tibiae of the first and second pairs suffused with 

 dusky-blackish ; and the rest are of a paler, yellowish hue. The 

 armature was much damaged, but it consists apparently of hairs 

 and a few fine spines on the tibise and metatarsi. 



The palpi are short, and yellow. The cubital and radial joints 

 are very short ; the latter strongest, and slightly produced at its 

 upper extremity in front. The digital joint is oval, and of 

 moderate size. The palpal organs are very prominent and com- 



