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and third and fourth pairs is even greater than that of Misumena ; 

 and thore are also somo slender spines on the femora, as ■well as 

 others throughout the tibiae and metatarsi. The difference in 

 size between the sexes is not as great as in Mitumena. 



Two species only are recorded as British, and of these one is 

 found in Dorsetshire. 



DliEA DORSATA. 

 Aeanea dorsata, Fair., Gen. Insect., p. 249. 

 Thomisus floiuoolens, Walch., Blackw., Spid. Great Brit, and 

 Irol., p. 76., pi. iv., fig. 44. 



The length of the fomalo varios from 2£ to 3 lines, and that 

 of the male from 2 to 2J lines. 



Tho cophalo-thorax of the female is of a yellowish-green hue, 

 rather whitish on the hindor part of tho caput. The legs are of 

 a similar colour, and have somo strong spines beneath the tibise 

 and metatarsi of the first and second pairs ; also a few slender 

 ones on the femora. In some examplos the cephalo-thorax and 

 legs (excepting the tarsi and metatarsi) are of a bright clear 

 green, the two joints mentioned being dull brownish-yellow. 



The abdomen is oval, of a pale dull yellow hue, and the upper 

 side, which is rather flattened, is almost entirely occupied by a 

 large, oval, dark red-brown area whose margins are more or less 

 irregularly indented and darker coloured than the rest, heing 

 also sometimes bounded by an outer yellow edging. 



The male has the legs of the first and second pairs slender and of 

 groat length ; they are of a light reddish-brown colour with the 

 extremities of the joints dark red-brown. The femora are often 

 greenish, spotted underneath with small red-brown spots, and 

 have some long slender spines along their upper sides. The 

 cophalo-thorax is reddish-brown, with an oblique dark red- 

 brown stripe running backwards from each hind-lateral eye ; 

 the ocular region is also darkish red-brown. 



The palpi are short, of a dull yellowish colour, tho digital 

 joint being rather small, oval, pointed at the end, and of a dark 

 brown huo. The radial joint has the outer extremity produced 



