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England, it can hardly be mistaken for any other known 

 indigenous species of this family. 



GENUS NEON, Sim. SALTICUS, BlacJtw., in part., and 

 EUOPHRYS, C. L. Koch., Cambr., in part. 



In this genus, which is allied tolerably closely to Ballm in the 

 form of the cephalo-thorax and other characters, the caput is 

 distinctly longer than the thorax, and the whole cephalo-thorax 

 somewhat flattened. The logs are short — 4.1.3.2. Those of the 

 first pair are the strongest, and there are no spines on those of 

 the hinder pairs. 



The spiders of this genus are very small, and bear great 

 resemblance in colours and markings to some of the genus 

 Euophrys, from which, however, they may bo readily distinguished 

 by the more elevated cephalo-thorax, and shorter caput of the 

 latter genus. 



One species only has been met with in Britain, that one being 

 also found in Dorsetshire 



NEON RETICULATUS. 



Saltious retioulatus, Blachv., Spid. Great Brit, and Irel., p. 



60, pi. iii., fig. 33. 

 Euophrys retioulattjs, Cambr., Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx., p. 333. 



The length of the male is l-10th of an inch, and that of the 

 female but very little more. 



This spider boars a good deal of resemblance to Euophrys 

 frontalis, Wdclc, so much so that in very young examples it is not ' 

 easy to separate tho two merely by their colours and markings. It 

 is, however, a smaller and more robustly-made spider, and of a 

 duller colour ; the yollowish parts have an olive-greenish hue, 

 and the black lines and markings are finer, more numerous, 

 and give a reticulated appearance to the abdomen, by tho 

 breaking up of the yellowish ground-colour into small spots. 

 The caput is rather longor than the thorax, and of the same 

 colour, not black or deep-brown as in Euophrys frontalis ; but tho 



