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side, where the palpi are inserted, obliquely truncated at their 

 extremity on the outer side, and strongly inclined towards the 

 labium ; this latter is short, and of a somewhat semicircular 

 form. 



The abdomen is oval, rounded before, pointed behind, and 

 moderately convex above ; it is of a dull sooty yellowish-brown 

 hue, clothed thinly with coarse blackish hairs. 



This spider is allied to Neriene livida, Blackw., but may be 

 easily distinguished by the tooth-like process on the falces, and 

 the absence of the red-brown impressed spots on the upper side 

 of the abdomen, as well as by the totally different structure of 

 the palpi and palpal organs. It is also allied to Neriene 

 ( DrepanodusJ albipunctata, Cambr., but the bifid termination of 

 the tooth-like process on the falces of the latter, the armature 

 of the tibise of the first and second pairs of legs, the wide 

 separation of the fore central eyes will, with some other important 

 differences, distinguish that spider at once from the present one. 



A single example of the adult male was found under a stone 

 at Eingstead (on the coast between Weymouth and Whitenose) 

 in April, 1879, by my nephew, Frederick 0. P. Cambridge. 



NEHIENE UNCATA. 



Neriene tjnoata, Cambr., Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii., p. 546, pi. 

 xlvi., fig. 17. 



Adult male length rather more than 1£ lines; the female 

 being slightly larger. 



The cephalo-thorax is of an oblong form, broadest behind ; 

 the occiput being rather abruptly raised or gibbous, and fur- 

 nished with numerous longish erect bristly hairs. Its colour is 

 a deep rich, blackish, red-brown. The ocular area is broad, 

 occupying the whole width of the caput and forming a flattish 

 transverse space in front of the occipital gibbosity. The eyes of 

 each lateral pair are seated on a strong tubercle. The interval 

 between those of the hind central pair is equal to rather more 

 than an eye's diameter, and much less than that which separates 



