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Closely allied to Linyphia triangularis, Clerk, (p. 227), but easily 

 distinguished by a distinct double longitudinal row of small 

 yellowish-white spots on the central abdominal band, which is 

 black, more distinctly defined, and instead of being completely 

 divided at the summit of the hinder part of the abdomen by a 

 whitish stripe, the dividing stripo is not continuous, being more or 

 less interrupted, especially in the middle. The legs of the female 

 are strongly tinged with green. The falces of the male are neither 

 so excessively long, projecting or divergent, as in Linyphia 

 triangularis, Clerk., being only ordinarily developed, vertical and 

 straight. The digital joint of the palpus is larger, the palpal 

 organs are more complex and differ considerably in structure. 



Found under overhanging banks and rocks in moist and shady 

 places near Loch Katrine, in Scotland, and (according to Mr. 

 Blackwall, I.e.) in the South-eastern counties of England. 



LINYPHIA PERNIX. 



LiirrpniA PEENix, Blaekw., I.e., p. 239. 



Length of the male 1-1 Oth of an inch. 



Cephalo-thorax dark brown, with some coarse hairs, directed 

 forwards, behind the eyes. Legs long, slender, 1.2.4.3., 

 furnished with spines, and of a red colour. Palpi short, red ; 

 digital joint dark brown, with a large lobe on the outer side 

 near the base ; radial stronger than cubital, and has some long 

 hairs in front. Palpal organs highly developed, and complex, 

 with a broad compressed, curved process projecting nearly at 

 right angles from their baso on the outer side. Falces long, 

 strong, protuberant at their base in front, inclined towards the 

 sternum, and of a reddish-brown colour. Abdomen yellowish- 

 brown above, with a series of angular black bars along the 

 middle, the vertices of the bars indistinct, and the extremities of 

 the anterior ones much more strongly marked than the rest. 

 Above the spinners is a small yellowish-white spot ; undor side 

 pale brown. 



