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Tho femora and genua of the legs are deep reddish-brown, 

 obtusely mottled with yellowish ; the tarsi, metatarsi, and tibiee 

 yellowish-red ; the latter, as well as the genua, striped on tho 

 upper side with cream-white. 



The palpi are deep reddish-brown ; tho outor terminal apophysis 

 of tho radial joint is more obtusely pointed than that of Xysticus 

 bifasciatus, and the one undornoath is stronger and of a more 

 irrogular form. 



The palpal organs have two black spine-like processes noar 

 their centre, somewhat resembling those of Xysticus bifasciatus, 

 but not nearly so long, and scarcely as strong. 



The abdomen is oval, truncated in front, and projects greatly 

 over the base of tho cephalo-thorax. Tho uppor sido is of a 

 deep rich red-brown colour, margined, but not vory rogularly, 

 with yollow. The dentated band is (as in Xysticus bifasciatus) 

 only traceable by a rather paler hue along the middle of the 

 abdomon, and two short transverse yellow streaks on each side 

 of the hinder part, followed by an irregular yellow marking 

 above the marginal border at the posterior extremity. Tho 

 upper side is also divided longitudinally by an indistinct palo 

 reddish-brown streak. The sides and under sides aro of a dullor 

 and less deop colour than the upper side. 



The female is known to me only from Swedish examples, it is 

 much larger than the male, of a dark-brown colour, with a 

 similar pattern, though much less distinct. 



One example only has yet been recorded as British. This one 

 (an adult male) was found on Bloxworth Heath, in May, 1854. 

 It appears therefore to be exceedingly raro. It was mistaken 

 during several years for an unusually bright coloured example 

 of Xysticus bifasciatus. Mr. Blackwall afterwards considered it 

 to be the male of the spider which ho had before describod as 

 Thomisus Cambridgii more recently, however, I have been 

 enabled to compare it with types of Xysticus luctator, L. Koch., 

 received from Sweden, and can find no difference whatever from 

 that species. 



