FAMILY DltASSIDES. 



GENUS DRASSUS, Walck. 

 DRASSUS FERRUGINEUS. 

 Drassus perruqineus, Blackw., I.e., p. 117, pi. vi., fig. 71. 



Length of the female about £ inch. 



Cephalo-thorax narrow, and with the legs of a ferruginous hue. 

 Abdomen somewhat cylindrical, cream-coloured, with a narrow 

 spear-shaped dark marking on the upper side along the middle 

 of the fore part, and throo impressod spots on each side of it. 



Found noar Belfast, Ireland. (I have not seen this spider, of 

 which the type is not now in existence). 



DRASSUS RETICULATUS. 



Drassus retioulatus, Blackw., I.e., p. 112. 



Cephalo-thorax pointed in front, yellow-brown ; falces red- 

 brown, legs yellow-brown, hairy, and armed with a few spines. 

 Abdomen elongate-oval ; pale olive-brown, reticulated with 

 fine, dull, yellowish-white lines ; spinners prominent, cylindrical. 

 Found near Lancaster. 



(Type specimens lost. I have not seen this spider.,) 



DRASSUS SYLVESTRIS. 



Drassus sylvestris, Blackw., I.e., p. 113, pi. vi., fig. 68. 

 Length of the female 2-5ths of an inch, male smaller. 

 Cephalo-thorax and legs reddish-brown. Falces strong, 



