493 



Palpi similar in colour to the legs, the humeral joint being 

 paler. 



Falces reddish-brown, a little divergent at their extremities. 



Sternum similar in colour to the cephalo-thorax. 



Abdomen black tinged with olive. 



This spider is somewhat similar in colours and appearance to 

 the female of Walchendera cuspidata, Bl. (p. 146) and W. unicornis, 

 Cambr. (147), but at present I think it is distinct from both. 



Pound on the Cheviot Hills, and in the Orkneys. 



NEEIENE PUDENS. 



Neriene pudens, Cambr., Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii., p. 544, pi. 

 xlvi., fig. 15. 



Length of the female If lines. 



Very similar in general form and structure to Neriene clara 

 Cambr. 



Cephalo-thorax dark reddish-brown. Legs and palpi yellow- 

 brown, tinged with orange ; the former less strong than those 

 of Neriene clara, and the fore tibise are not incrassated. Abdomen 

 dull black tinged with olive. Eyes rather large, laterals of 

 anterior row largest. Easily distinguished from Neriene clara by 

 a striking difference in the form of the genital aperture. 



Found on the Cheviot Hills. 



NERIENE PAVITANS. 



Neriene pavttans, Cambr., Trans. Linn. Soc, p. 543, pi. xlvi., 

 fig. 13. 



Length of the female 1 J lines. 



Nearly allied, and very similar, to Neriene clara, Cambr., and 

 Neriene pudens, Cambr., but rather less brightly colourod than the 

 former, without any striation or regulosity of the surface of the 

 cephalo-thorax ; and the height of the clypeus is also less, being 



