416 



with a curved profile, and is only half the length of the thoracic 

 portion. The legs are tolerably long; those of the first and 

 second pairs are shortest and much the strongest. Their relative 

 length is 3.4.1.2 (or 3-4.1.2), and all are armed with spines. 



The anterior row of eyes is much curved ; the two large 

 central ones being situated quite underneath the overhanging 

 fore part of the upper side of the caput, so that when looked at 

 from above and behind they are quite concealed. 



About eight species of 2Elwrop% are as yet known in Europe, 

 but one only has been found in Great Britain ; that one (so far 

 as I know) being confined to heaths in Dorsetshire and Hamp- 

 shire. 



-2ELUROPS V-INSIGNITUS. 



Araneus litera v-iNsiGNiTus, Clerck., Sv. Spindl., p. 121. 

 Attus quinquepartitus, Walclc, Ins. Aept., ii., p. 403. 

 Saltious quinque partitus, Cambr., Zoologist 1862, p. 7945. 

 Yllenus v-insignitus, Cambr., Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx., p. 334. 

 Saltious nidicolens, Cambr., Zool. 1862, p. 7945. 



The length of the male is 2 £ lines, and that of the female 4 

 lines. 



The cephalo-thorax of the male is black, with a broad lateral 

 margin clothed with white hairs, and at the fore part of the 

 ocular area is a very distinct marking formed by white hairs in 

 the form of a double V, the angle of which is directed f orn ards. 



The legs are yellow-brown, marked (but not regularly) with 

 dark brown, and clothed with (among others) numerous white 

 hairs on the upper side, the femora of the first pair being of a 

 pale yellowish hue. 



The palpi are yellow, thickly clothed on the upper side with 

 dull yellowish and white hairs. The radial joint has two short 

 apophyses at its extremity on the outer and upper side, but not 

 easily seen, owing to the hairs with which that part is clothed. 

 The digital joint is of moderate size, and the palpal organs are 

 of simple structure. 



