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 issues a tolerably long, nearly straight, tapering, black bristle. 

 The digital joint is of moderate sieo, of a yellow-brown liuo, 

 and has a small angular prominence near its base towards the 

 outer side. The palpal organs are well doveloped, and moder- 

 ately complex. At thoir base on the outor side is a largo, con- 

 spicuous process of a subtriangular form, somowhat concave, and 

 strongly emarginate at its base. The apex of the triangle is 

 blunt-angular, and is close to tho extremity, on the outer side, 

 of the radial joint. 



The falces are moderately strong, not very long, straight, and 

 vortical, with a row of three small toeth on the inner side noar 

 tho fore extremity. 



Tho sternum is suffused with dusky blackish. The abdomen 

 is of a dull yellowish-brown hue, sometimes suffused with 

 blackish, particularly on the undor side ; its f orm is oval and it 

 projects a little over the base of the cophalo-thorax. On the 

 hinder half of the upper side a series of pale angular linos is 

 occasionally visible, and it is thinly clothed with fine hairs. 



The female resembles the malo in colours and general charac- 

 teristics, but the abdomen is much larger and more convex 

 abovo ; the process connocted with the genital aperture is of a 

 reddish hue, slightly prominent, and, as usual, very characteristic 

 in form. 



This spider belongs to the group comprising Linyphia oblivia, 

 Cambr., and some other nearly allied spiders. It occurred among 

 dead leaves, moss, and herbage in woods at Bloxworth, on the 

 12th of November, 1879. I had previously (1871) recoivod it in 

 some abundance from the Cheviot Hills. 



