563 



Abdomen black, clothed densely all over -with short squamose 

 hairs varying from bright rust-red to scarlet in some examples, 

 and leaving a central, longitudinal, somewhat lanceolate black 

 stripe on the upper side. 



The cephalo-thorax of the female is black, sparingly covered 

 with long white hairs, most densely before, and behind, where 

 they form a very broad border, and also in the middle forming 

 two converging bands behind the posterior eyes. 



Legs black, with white hairs ; tarsi and metatarsi of a clearer 

 colour and annulated. Abdomen black, covered with a dense 

 white, yellow, or reddish grey pubescence ; on the upper side is 

 a longitudinal, central, tapering, black band, sometimes assuming 

 an oval, sinuously-edged marking, occasionally emitting some 

 lateral ramifications. 



The above description of the male is from examples found by 

 myself near Trieste, and the Lago Maggiore ; that of the 

 female being taken from M. Simon's " Arachnides de France." 



Its claim to be accounted a British spider rests on the authority 

 of the late Dr. Loach (Hdinb. Enoyelop. vii., p. 458). No locality 

 is given, and it must at any rate be an exceedingly rare species 

 in Britain, although not rare in many parts of continental 

 Europe. It is rare in the North of France, but very common in 

 the South. The striking contrast of the black and white cephalo- 

 thorax, and scarlet and black abdomen of the male, render it a 

 very handsome and conspicuous spider when sunning itself on 

 old walls, rocks, and heaps of stones. 



GENUS ATTUS, Walck. 



ATTUS CARICIS. 



Attus cabiois, Wcstr., Aran. Suec. p. 576. 



Saltious oabiois, Cambr., Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii., p. 435. 



Length of both male and female, 1 Jrd line. 



Cephalo-thorax red-brown ; ocular area black ; clothed with 

 yellowish, grey, and brown hairs. Hinder slope very abrupt. 



