480 



with a large, white, crescent-shapod marking at the fore 

 extremity, and threo longitudinal rows of whito spots, which 

 diminish in size towards the spinners. 



A fine and very distinct spider, totally unlike anything else 

 hitherto found in Britain. 



Found noar Winchester in the month of July. 



STEATODA CLARKII. 



Steatoda clarkii, Camlr., Ann. and Mag. N.H., 1879, ser. 5, 

 vol. iv., p. 193. 



Length of an immature female 2 lines. 



Cephalo-thorax constricted laterally on the margins at caput, 

 and of a yellow-brown colour. 



Eyes rather large and closely grouped in a transverse, oval 

 figure ; those of the hind-central and lateral pairs nearly equal 

 in size, and pearly white ; those of the fore-central pair dark 

 coloured, further apart than those of the hind-central pair, but 

 forming a line of nearly about equal length ; those of the hinder 

 row are equidistant from each other, separated by intervals of 

 less than an eye's diameter ; and the four centrals form a square. 



Legs short, 1.4.2.3., tolerably strong, and of a brownish-yellow 

 colour. Abdomen oval, tolerably convex above, and projecting a 

 good deal over the base of the cephalo-thorax. Colour brownish- 

 yellow-white on the upper side, with a broadish submarginal 

 band of red-brown, interrupted at the fore extremity, and 

 at three other places on each sido, by transverse brownish- 

 yellow distinct lines. Sides and underpart brownish-yellow, the 

 former marked and spotted with reddish-brown near the posterior 

 extremity. Sternum dark yellow-brown. 



A single example of this very distinct species was received 

 some years ago, among many other spiders, from the late Eov. 

 Hamlet Clark, by whom it was found near Torquay. Owing to 

 having been accidentally mislaid it has until very lately, escaped 

 notice. 



