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has, at its outer extremity, a long, obtusely-pointed, deep 

 blackish apophysis, which fits closely up against the outer side of 

 the base of the digital joint ; this last is large, and of an oval 

 shape. The palpal organs are large, and very prominent behind, 

 but of simple structure. 



The abdomen of the male is oval, but does not project much 

 over the base of the cephalo-thorax ; it is of a deep, blackish, 

 olive-brown colour above, with a yellowish-white marginal band ; 

 a broad, central, longitudinal one of a reddish-brown colour, 

 contains, on the hinder part, a series of more or less distinct 

 angular, pale, yellowish-brown bars, of which one (a little way 

 above the spinners) is longer than the rest, and its ends form, 

 on each side of the central band, a strong, dentieulation. This 

 denticulation is often very distinct when the rest of the bar is 

 scarcely traceable, and at other times the bar forms a large 

 triangular yellowish-white area. The sides are deep, blackish- 

 brown, obscurely striated with yellow-brown, and the under part 

 is either dark brown, or pale yellow-brown, longitudinally 

 striped or banded with dark brown. 



The sexes are very dissimilar in general appearance ; the 

 abdomen of the female wants the conspicuous yellow-white, 

 marginal border of that of the male. Its colours and markings 

 vary considerably ; in general the upper side is dark olive-brown, 

 with some indistinct angular bars along the middle, and the 

 sides are obliquely marked with alternate yellowish and dark- 

 brown, but not very distinct bands or stripes. Both sexes may 

 easily be distinguished from any other known British species of 

 Salticides by the broad pale band surrounding the ocular area. 



This fine and handsome species is not rare in wooded districts 

 at Bloxworth and other parts of Dorset. The males may be found 

 actively hopping about on bright mornings in May and June, 

 among dead leaves and herbage in open places in woods ; and 

 the females may be beaten from underwood, as well as from the 

 lower boughs of oak trees growing amongst it. Adults of both 

 sexes may occasionally bo found throughout the summer. 



