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male is 4.1.2.3. ; they are like the cephalo-thorax in colour, and 

 are armed with long spines. 



The palpi are short; the radial joint is stronger than the 

 cubital, and is furnished with some bristly hairs, one of them 

 towards the base in front being of a spinous nature, very long, 

 strong, directed forwards and downwards, curved and tapering. 

 Thero is also a strongish bristle in front of the cubital joint, but 

 its length is not more than half that of the one on the radial ; 

 the digital joint is large, and the palpal organs are prominent 

 and complex. The two most conspicuous processes are a long, 

 slightly bent one, on their outer side, with a prominent, sharpish 

 spur behind, near the middle of it, and another strong curved 

 one, on the same side, close to thoir base ; at their extremity is 

 also a small bent, blackish, blunt-pointed, spiny process. 



The abdomen is of a light, dull yellowish colour, thinly 

 clothed with coarse hairs ; and in one example there were some 

 Blightly angular, transverse, dusky lines along the middle of the 

 hinder half. 



The female resembles the male in colour, but is larger. Tho 

 abdomen is greatly convex above, and the falces are more 

 divergent. The genital process is very large, strong, and pro- 

 jects almost at right angles from tho aperture, its form is also 

 somewhat complex. The relativo length of tho legs of this sex 

 also differs from that of the male, being 1.2.4.3. 



Two examples (one of each sex) woro found at tho roots of 

 heather at Bloxworth, in March, 1867. 



LINYPHIA DECENS. 



Linyphia decens, Cambr., Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii., p. 436, pi. 

 56, No. 27. 



Tho male measures l-12th of an inch in length. 



The caput is not elevated above tho thoracic level. Tlie 

 cephalo-thorax is of a yellow-brown colour, and its surface is 

 finely, completely, and thickly covered with minute punctures. 



The eyes are very small, and the interval between those of 

 the hind-cuntral pair is no more than half of that between each 



