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ings Linyphia luteola (p. 194), but rather larger. The male may 

 be easily distinguished by tho distinct prolongation of the apex 

 of the caput into a conical point between the fore-central eyes. 

 The palpi also differ a little in structure. 



Found on the Cheviot Hills, and in other parts of Scotland. 



LINYPHIA CRUCIGERA. 



Liotphia ortjoigera, Blacho., Ann. and Mag. N.H. Oct., 1863. 



Length of the female 1 line. 



Cephalo-thorax yellowish-brown, with a dark brown, rather 

 diffused, broad, marginal border, and a dark patch at the junc- 

 tion of the caput and thorax. 



Legs long, slender, pale yellow ; spines few, long, and slender. 



Palpi, of an immature male short, tumid ; palpal bulb very 

 large. 



Abdomen brownish-yellow or yellowish-white above, with a 

 black-brown cruciform marking on the fore-half. Tho anterior 

 part of the shaft is enlarged, and tho cross-piece, near the 

 middle, strong and curved, the convexity of the curvo directed 

 backwards. The posterior half of the shaft is a mere line 

 enlarged in one place into a spot. On each side of the hinder 

 part of the abdomen, and running to tho spinners is a strong, 

 longitudinal, black band more or less uneven on the edges. 

 The sides are blackish-brown; the under part dark yellow- 

 brown. 



Found in Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, but apparently very 

 rare. 



LINYPHIA CINGULIPES. 



Linyphia oinotjlipes, Cambr., Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii., p. 428, 

 pi. 55, No. 22. 



Length of the female 2 lines. 



Cephalo-thorax dull greenish yellow-brown, with deeper con- 

 verging lines on tho sides, and a narrow black marginal line. 

 Ocular region slightly prominent. Legs moderate in strongth 



