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rare spider, of -which the type (in a very young state) was found in 

 the same locality as long ago as May, 1862. The adult example 

 now met with conclusively proves the goodness of the species, and 

 that it is a Cryphoeca, allied to C. silvicola, Hahn., but smaller, 

 and different not only in colours and markings, but in the 

 structure of the genital aperture. The central eyes of the hinder 

 row are also rather further apart than each is from the lateral 

 eye on its side, while in C. Silbicola the intervals between the 

 eyes of the hinder row are as nearly as possible equal. The 

 length of the adult female is barely over one line, while the 

 female of C. silvicola measures 1£ to 1 J lines. 



It is stated (I.e. supra) that the inferior spinners in the type 

 specimen are longer than the superior pair. This is not borne 

 out by an examination of the adult female. I conclude that the 

 extra length observed in the very young type specimen may 

 have arisen from some accidental elongation ; this occasionally 

 happens in regard to the spinners of other spiders when preserved 

 in spirit of wine. 



GENUS SCYTODES, Latr (p. 74). 



By an inadvertance the relative length of the legs in this 

 genus is stated to be 4.1.2.3., whereas it should be 1.4.2.3. It 

 should also be mentioned that the terminal tarsal claws spring 

 from a distinct, supernumerary claw joint. 



GENUS THERIDIOSOMA. 



Theeidiosoma ahoenteolum, Cambr. (p. 428). 



Since the description of this spider was in print (I.e.), I have 

 met with numerous examples of both sexes in the adult state, 

 among grass, heather, and debris, in a damp spot on Bloxworth 

 Heath (May 26th, 1880). The male resembles tho female 

 (described I.e.) both in its form, and in the character of its 

 markings, but the darker portions are of a much deeper hue, 

 often black-brown to quite black, causing the silvery markings 

 to appear more conspicuously. 



