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prominent at their base in front, rather projecting and deeper 

 coloured than the cephalo-thorax. Abdomen oblong-oval, olive- 

 greenish brown ; a deeper coloured, tapering band runs along the 

 middle of the fore part of the upper side, for two-thirds of its 

 length, and is followed by a series of obscure, hoary, angular 

 linos. Spinners prominent, cylindrical. 



Cubital and radial joints of the male palpus short, the radial has 

 two apophyses at its extremity ; ono, short and broad, on the inner 

 side ; the othor in front, long, compressed at its extremity, over- 

 lapping tho base of the digital joint, which is oval. Palpal organs 

 complex, with several strong, curved, pointed processes at their 

 extremity. 



Found in Berwickshire in spring-time. (I have never seen 

 this spider.) 



DRASSUS CUPREUS. 



Drassus oupnEUS, Blachw., I.e., p. 114., pi. vi., fig. 19. 



Similar in size to the foregoing. 



Tho cophalo-thorax and legs aro reddish-brown, and the 

 abdomon bright reddish-copper colour with a broad tapering 

 blackish (but often nearly obsolete) band along the middle of the 

 fore part of the upper side. Radial joint of palpus of male longer 

 than the cubital, with a pointed apophysis at its outer extremity 

 and a much smaller ono boneath. Digital joint oblong-oval. 

 Palpal organs, situated beneath the base of tho digital joint, 

 simple, with a small dark protuberance near their extremity 

 towards the outer side, and a fine pointed spine opposite to it on 

 the inner side. Found in various parts of England. 



(This spider is unknown to me. I believe it to be distinct 



Drassus reticulatus, Blaokw. (p. 460). The following additional 

 particulars of tliis spider, accidentally omitted at p. 4(i0, should be noted. 



Length of the adult female 2-5ths of an inch. Eyes in two nearly parallel 

 rows ; those of tho hind-central pair are the smallest, and are nearer to each 

 oilier than each is to the lateral eye of the same row on its side ; tho fore- 

 oentral pair are much tho largeBt of the eight, and. with tho hind-centrals, 

 form a square. The genital aperture is niinuto and has a reddish-brown 

 tint. 



