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brown. The outer extremity of the radial joint is strongly and 

 obtusely produced, terminating with, a longish, rather fine, nearly 

 straight, pointed, black, spine-like process, directed alongside 

 of, but not quite close to, the digital joint. The palpal organs 

 are simple, and encircled by a black marginal spine. 



The abdomen is of a dull brownish-yellow hue, obscurely 

 freckled with brown and dull cream-yellow. The margins of 

 the upper side, especially in front, are mottled with white. Tho 

 fusiform band or stripe on the foro half is indicatod by two fino 

 dark-brown longitudinal lines, which meet to form an acute 

 angle at its hinder extremity ; in dark examples this stripe is 

 yollow-brown, in some very pale ones it is not visible at all ; 

 this latter may also be said of several transverse dark lines or 

 bars on the hinder half of the abdomen, varying as these bars 

 do, from being tolerably perfect, to mere blackish spots, which 

 represent their extremities ; in the darkest examples these trans- 

 verse lines are margined, posteriorly, with white. 



The female is always very pale coloured, and seldom shows 

 more than very faintly the markings observed in the male. 



This spidor has, as yet, occurred (in Britain) only on iron 

 railings, and among grass and dead leavos,'at the bases of largo 

 trees on the lawn at Bloxworth Rectory. In these situations I 

 havo found it frequently in the months of May and Juno. 



GENUS PHILOPROMUS, Walck., Thor.— PIIILODKOMUS, 

 Blackw. (in part). 



Tho spiders of this gonus aro distinguished from the foregoing 

 genera of the present family, by the smaller and almost uniform 

 size of tho eyes, which are placed in a smaller group of a more 

 exact crescent shape, tho foremost row being much tho shortest. 



The cophalo-thorax is more pointed in front, less compressed on 

 tho lateral magins of the caput, which is also vory short, while 

 tho thorax is largo and almost round. Altogether tho breadth of 

 the cephalo-thorax is greater than its longth. 



Tho legs aro long and slender ; thoir rolativo length is 2.1.4.3., 

 or 2.1.3.4., but the difference betwoen those of tho first-second 



