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to the legs ; radial joint much stronger than the cubital. Digital 

 joint oval ; palpal organs prominent, complex, directed outwards, 

 with a small glossy protuberance on the outer side near the base, 

 and a fine circularly curved spino at their extremity. Abdomen 

 brownish-black. Some individuals have a series of obscure 

 angular lines of a brownish hue along the middle of the upper 

 part. 



This spider appears to be nearly allied to, and perhaps only a 

 a variety of, Linyphia eircitmspecta, Blackw. (p. 202), but I have 

 never seen an authentic example. 



Found on railways near Crumpsall Hall, Manchester, in the 

 month of November. 



LINYPHIA ANGULATA, sp. n. 



Linyphia angulipalpis, Cambr., Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii., p. 536. 



Length of the male (allowing for the probable length of the 

 abdomen, which was wanting in the only example I have seen) 

 rather over 1 line. 



Cephalo-thorax brownish-yellow, with very indistinct converg- 

 ing brownish lines on the sides, and an obscure black margin alono. 

 Height of the clypeus equal to half that of the facial space. Eyes 

 on black spots ; the interval between those of the hind-central pair 

 is a little greater than that between each and the lateral eye next 

 to it. Legs long, slender, yellowish, strongly tinged with brown 

 on the tibise and metatarsi. Spines slender. Palpi yollow, digital 

 joint yollow -brown. Cubital joint produced in front into an 

 angular form, terminating with a strong, black, tapering, 

 sinuous, fine-pointed bristle, longer and stronger than the spinos 

 on the tibico of the legs. Eadial joint a little produced in front. 

 Digital joint large, with a strongish blunt-pointed prominence at 

 its base on the inner side ; palpal organs vory prominent and 

 complex ; among their various processes is a long, strong one 

 running rather beneath the outor side, and terminating in a 

 black furcate form just beyond their extremity. 



The abdomen was unfortunately wanting. 



