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The palpi are short and slender, excepting the digital joint and 

 palpal bulb, which are of inordinate size ; the palpal organs are not 

 very complex, but are enormously large, smooth, dull brownish, 

 consisting of a somewhat globular, corneous bulb, underneath 

 which, towards the extremity, is a smaller but strong dark pro- 

 cess, whose prominent point projects outwardly. The convex 

 sides of the digital joint in this (as in many others of this family) 

 are turned towards each other. The colours of some of tho more 

 recent females found are also much darker than those of the 

 type specimen described at p. 428. 



This curious little spider is exceedingly closely allied to 

 Theridion gemmosum, L. Koch, but not boing yet satisfied of the 

 identity of tho two, I have thought it best at present to keep 

 them separate. The disparity in the length of tho footstalk 

 attached to tho different cocoons is noticed (p. 430). In some 

 other examplos found since, this footstalk measures as little as 2 

 linos in length. 



GENUS EURYOPIS. 



Euryopis coracina, C. L. Koch. 



Steatoda ooeacina (p. 98). 



This spider is placed inadvertcdly (I.e.) in tho genus Steatoda, 

 It should have come into the Genus Euryopis (p. 99). With 

 rogard to the generic characters of Euryopis, it may be added 

 here that tho ccphalo-thorax is not only very short but very high 

 in front, owing to the great height of the clypous. Tho ordinary 

 grooves and indentations marking the division of the caput and 

 thoracic segments are almost, and in some cases quite, obsolete. 

 The shortness of the palpi noted (p. 100) as a distinguishing 

 character of Euryopis does not (on further observations) appear 

 to hold good in all the species. Since the description at p. 98 

 was written I have met with several other examples of E. coracina 

 on Bloxworth Hoath during tho summer of 1879. 



