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LINYPHIA IMPIGHA. 



LiNYPnu impioba, Cambr., Trans. Linn. Soc, xxvii., p. 422, pi. 

 55, No. 18. 



The male measures l-6th of an inch in length. 



The caput is neither raised nor prominent ; the profile of this 

 part and the thoracic region forms a tolerably even curved line ; 

 the lower part of the clypeus is rather prominent. The colour 

 of the cephalo-thorax is dark orange-yellow, with some converg- 

 ing, slightly dusky, lateral linos. The legs are long, tolerably 

 strong, and of a clear, bright, orange-yellow colour. The spines 

 are few, short, and semi-erect. The relative length of tho logs 

 is 1.4.2.3. The palpi are short, and similar in colouv to tho logs ; 

 the radial joint is a little longer and much stronger than the 

 cubital, and is rather gibbous on the inner side towards tho 

 extremity. The digital joint is large, and the palpal organs 

 prominent and complex. A long black spine issues from a 

 corneous process near their extremity, and curves backwards 

 with a large bold sweep round their outer side to the hinder part, 

 or base, near the digital joint. The falces are long, strong, a 

 little prominent near thoir base in front, and strongly inclined 

 towards the sternum. 



The abdomen projects considerably over the base of the 

 cephalo-thorax ; it is of a glossy blackish colour, with two dull 

 white spots in a transverse lino near the fore extremity, and two 

 bright white ones similarly placod just above the spinners. 

 "When in spirits of wine a longitudinal, central, tapering band, 

 and a longitudinal row of largish spots on each side of it, of a 

 darker hue than the rest of tho surface, wore indistinctly trace- 

 able. 



Two males are the only examples yot recordod of this fino and 

 distinct species ; these were found among sedgy grass in a 

 swamp at Bloxworth in May ;j 1863. 



