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the outer side. The posterior extremity of this process is the 

 longest and most prominent, and there are some bristly hairs 

 issuing from the other (or anterior) extremity. 



The falces are moderately strong, rathor long, divergent, a 

 little bent outwards near their fore extremity, and directed 

 backwards, towards the sternum. Their colour is a little 

 browner than that of the cephalo-thorax. 



The colour of the maxilloo is dull yollowish, and the labium 

 and sternum are strongly suffusod with brown. 



The abdomen is short-oviform, considerably convex above, 

 and projects a little over the base of the cephalo-thorax. It is 

 of a dull brown hue, broken up into blotches, or reticulated, by 

 palo irregular lines, on the under part and sides, the under side 

 being dark brown. 



The female resembles the male in colour and general charac- 

 ters. The genital process is strong, prominent, rather directed 

 backwards, and of a somewhat tripartite form. 



Examples of both sexes of this spider were found among moss 

 in Bere Wood, adjoining the Bloxworth woods, on the 2nd of 

 May, 1879. It is allied to Linyphia alacris, Blackw., but may 

 be distinguished easily by the different pattern of the cophalo- 

 thorax and abdomen, and by the absence of the very long, 

 strong, single bristle which projects from the fore side of each 

 of the cubital and radial joints of tho palpus in that species ; 

 the bristles of those joints of the present spider boing (as abovo 

 described) more numerous, and of as nearly as possible equal 

 length and strongth. 



LINYPHIA TUBBATRIX. 



LnrrrniA turbatrix, Cambr., Ann. and Mag., Nat. Hist., 1879, 

 eer. 5, vol. 4, p. 206. 



Adult male length 1 line or a little over. 



Tho whole of this spider is of a yellow-brown colour, tho 

 cephalo-thorax being the palest and clearest, and tho abdomen 

 the darkest, with a sooty hue, Tho caput and thorax aro about 



