541 



faintly tinged with dull grcon, and with a broad, longitudinal, 

 central, dark brown band. 



Found on rails and gates, in summer, near Llanrwst, North 

 Wulos, in sunshine. [I have not soon this spider.] 



PHILODROMUS MISTUS. 



Puilodromus MisTUs, Blackw., I.e., p. 98. 



Longth of the female nearly Jth of an inch. Male rather 

 smaller. 



Cephalo-thorax of the female yellowish brown, 'with a broad, 

 longitudinal, dark brown band on each side, and narrow, pale 

 yellowish white margins. Legs pale yellowish brown, 

 interspersed with minute, almost microscopic, blackish spots. 

 Abdomen oviform, pale yellowish brown above, mottled with 

 reddish brown, and with an obscure, oblong-oval, reddish brown 

 medial band extending from the fore extromity to nearly half of 

 its length. The upper side has an irregular dark reddish brown 

 marginal band, from which some imperfectly dofinod streaks 

 pass obliquely upwards, particularly in the posterior region. 

 Sides and under part dull yellowish white, minutely spotted with 

 reddish brown; the under part also has throe longitudinal 

 red-brown bands, which converge into a point near the spinnerst 



The cephalo-thorax of the male is dark brown, with a paler 

 broad band along the middlo, and narrow yellowish whito 

 margins. The radial joints of the palpi have three apophyses 

 at thoir oxtremities ; one on the under side is short, strong, and 

 furnished with two pointed prominences, another longer and 

 acute is on the outer side, and the third, which is very small, is in 

 front. Digital joint somewhat oval, but prominent on the outer 

 side ; palpal organs highly developed, but not very complex, 

 with a fino spine curved from the inner side round their 

 extremity. Abdomen dark brown, approaching black, freckled 

 above with whito ; the oblong-oval band on the fore part imper- 

 fectly defined by an obscure border of whitish hairs ; sides 



