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Legs slender, moderato in length 1.2.4.3.; colour dull: 

 brownish ; femora darker than the tibiee ; metatarsi and tarsi 

 dull yellowish. 



Palpi nearly similar to the legs in colour, radial slightly, if at 

 all, longer than cubital, but less strong; it is devoid of any 

 apophysis at its fore extremity, but has, a little nearer to its 

 hinder extremity, a small, black, sharp-pointed, tooth-like spine, 

 or hook directed downwards ; digital joint longer than the radial 

 and cubital together ; roundish-oval at its base, and drawn out 

 anteriorly. Palpal organs very similar to those of D. arundinacea. 



Falces also similar to those of others of the genus, but of a 

 more exaggerated size and form, and their front surface mostly 

 covered with small blackish tubercles, giving them a rough, 

 granulose appearance. 



Abdomen black, with four small, red-brown, impressed spots 

 forming a quadrangular figure near the middle of the upper 

 side. 



A single example was received from the late Mr. R. Beck 

 among a number of spiders collected in various parts of Eng- 

 land ; some of them being at the time supposed to have been 

 collected on the Continent of Europe. I have, however, since 

 describing the above spider (Journ. L. S., I.e.), become con- 

 vinced that the whole collection was made in England. Bictyna 

 lugubris must, therefore, be placed on our Ust of indigenous 

 spiders. I met with several examples of it at Corfu, in May, 

 1864. 



GENUS LETHIA, Menge. 



LETHIA SUBNIGER. 

 Drassus sttbniger, Cambr., Ann. and Mag. N.H., June, 1861. 

 Lethia subniger, Cambr., I.e., October, 1875, s. 4, vol. 16, p. 

 246. 



Length of the male 1-1 2th of an inch. 



Cephalo-thorax deep rich blackish-brown. Legs rather robust, 

 hairy, and of a dull yellowish-brown colour, palest at the joints ; 



