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stripe ; though not rare on low bushes, and low growing plants 

 in woods and shubberies, it is by no means so abundant as L. 

 triangularis, Clerck. Its snare is like that of the Linyphice in 

 general. 



Found in tolerable abundance at Bloxworth, and in many 

 other localities in Dorsetshire. It also occurs in other parts of 

 England, as well as in Scotland and Wales. The males may 

 frequently be found running about, on fine early-summer days, 

 on gravel paths, and in porches of houses, and verandahs. 



LINYPHIA HORTENSIS. 



Linyphia hoetensis, Sund., Sv. Spindl. Beskr. in. Vet. Akad.> 

 Hand!, f. 1829/ p. 213. 



,, peatensis, Blachw., Spid. Great Brit, and Irel., p. 215, 

 pi. xv., fig. 141. 



,, albicincta. Camlr., Zoologist 1863, p. 8577. 



The length of the male is about l-6th of an inch. 



The caput rises gradually from the thorax, and the ocular 

 region is a little prominent. The cephalo-thorax is of a rich 

 dark yellow-brown colour, approaching to black on the caput, 

 and the falces and sternum are of the same dark hue. The 

 fakes of the males are strong, prominent at their base in front, 

 and covered in front and on their outer sides, with minute tuber- 

 cular granulations ; the legs are long, slender, and of an orange- 

 yellow colour, tinged with brown, and the spines are short and 

 fine. The legs of the female are much shorter and of a less 

 bright colour. The palpi are short and of a darker hue than 

 the legs, the digital joint and palpal organs being almost black ; 

 the radial joint is muoh stronger than the cubital, and has its 

 fore extremity on the upper side somewhat produced, with some 

 long slender bristles on the inner side, the cubital joint also is a 

 little gibbous at its fore extremity, rather on the outer side ; the 

 digital joint is of moderate size, and the palpal organs are rather 

 complex and prominent, with a spiral spine enveloped in mem- 

 brane at their extremity. 



