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excepting on walls. It appears to be generally distributed 

 throughout England. Wales, and Scotland. 



EPIBLEMUM AEFINITATUM. 



Saltictjs affinitatus, Cambr., Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii., p. 399. 



The length of the male is l-8th of an inch. 



This spider is very nearly allied to both the foregoing, but 

 perhaps most nearly to Epiblemum seenicum, Clerck. It is, how- 

 ever, much smaller, though this may not bo a constant difference, 

 inasmuch as adults of both the preceding species differ consider- 

 ably in size, at times. 



The apophysis at the outer extremity of the radial joint of 

 tho malo palpus is not so long as that of Epiblemum cingulatum, 

 but is rather more curved and less obtusely pointed ; while it is 

 less curved and much less sharply pointed than that of Epiblemwn 

 seenicum. 



A single example only has yet been met with. It was found 

 among heather at Bloxworth in the summer of 1860. This 

 example has been compared with various specimens of tho genus 

 from Sweden and France ; but although M. Simon, who has 

 examined the type specimen, believes it to be identical with the 

 Calliethera mutabilis, Lucas (an Algerian spider), found also in 

 Prance and Corsica, I am not yet convinced of the identity of 

 the two species. 



GENUS HELIOPHANUS, C. L. Koeh. SALTICUS, Blackw., 

 in part. 



In this genus the cephalo-thorax is less elongate, as well as 

 less flattened, and the thoracic region is also broader than that 

 of Epiblemum. Tho ocular area is broader than long, and there 

 is rather more difference in the length of the legs, which are 

 relatively 4.1.2.3, thoso of the third pair being, however, some- 

 times longor than those of the second. 



The spiders of this group are of very similar general 

 appearance. All are, more or less, black or deep bottle-green, 



