538 



XYSTICUS GLOVERI. 



Thomisus gloveri Blackw., Ann. and Mag. N. H., December, 

 1868. 



Length of the female rather less than Jth of an inch. 



In form, colour, and markings this spider is very like Xysticus 

 Cambridgii, Bl. (p. 308), but smaller. Sides of the cephalo-thorax 

 dark reddish-brown, the posterior part of the central band white ; 

 the anterior part wholly occupied by the usual marking, which is 

 light red-brown, and pointed behind ; ocular area marked with 

 white. Legs marked, suffused, and annulated with dark red- 

 brown, yellowish, and white ; the dark annulations being most dis- 

 tinct on the third and fourth pairs. Abdomen oval, truncate 

 before, rather broadest towards the hinder part, and corrugated 

 on the sides. Upper side dark dull red, with a narrow, longitu- 

 dinal, rather tapering whitish stripe near the middle, and some 

 short obscure whitish bars marked and speckled with black on 

 the hinder half. The sides have their upper margin whitish, 

 marked posteriorly with some slightly oblique lines of more or 

 less confluent black spots. The rest of the sides and under part 

 are dark brown, slightly mottled with whitish-yellow. The 

 genital aperture is on a strongish prominence. 



Found, once only, at Hendre House, Llanrwst, in the month 

 of September, by Mr. Blackwall. 



GENUS PHILODEOMUS, Walck. 



PHILODROMUS LINEATIPES. 



Philodeomus lineatipes, Cambr., Ann. and Mag., N. H. 3 s., 

 vol. 1, p. 122, pi. xi., fig. 5. 

 Length of the male and female rather more than 2£ lines. 

 . Cephalo-thorax dark chocolate brown. Caput yellowish 

 brown, with some darker linear markings ; clypeus paler still ; 

 thorax marked with fine, yellow-brown, conveiging lines on the 

 sides. Legs dark brown ; femora brownish yellow, with a broad- 

 ish and distinct longitudinal brown stripe on their outer sides, and 



