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Linyphia pusilla Blackw. 1834 is quite a different species, the 

 name of which Blackwall afterwards (1852) changed to L. tetadtt 

 (A catal. of Brit. Spid., in Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist., 2 Ser., IX, 

 p. 18). On this species see L. pygmaia Westr. , farther on. 



liter, signatum Hahn (2'h. ampullaeeum Walck.), which C. Koch 

 enters as a separate species of the genus Linyphia, is unquestionably 

 merely a variety of L. pusilla, such as I have often seeu. L pusilla is, 

 as is known, very variable as regards the marking of the abdomen. 



(Pag. 103.) 7. L. peltata [= Linyphia peltata Reuss 1834]. 



Syn.: 1834. Linyphia peltata Rkuss, Zool. Misc., Arachn., p. 250 (256), Taf. 



XVII, fig. 7. 



1841. ,, RUBEA Blackw.. The differ, in the numb, of eyes, etc., p. 661. 

 1864. „ „ id., Spid. of Gr. Brit., II, p. 217, PI. XV, fig. 143. 



Of this remarkable species I have a female specimen from the 

 Bavarian Alps, that I received from Dr. L. Koch, and another that 



1 myself captured at Pyrmont; a third specimen, from the neigh- 

 bourhood of Upsala, I received from Dr. E. Haglund. It has also 

 been captured in Westergotland (near Falkdping) by Mr. G. Eisen. 

 English specimens of both sexes have kindly been sent me by Mr. 

 Cambridge. — The thighs of the 1 st pair of legs are provided with 3 

 spines, those of the following pairs with 1, at least in the male: 

 in the female the spine is very small or totally wanting in the last 

 pair or pairs of legs. The number of the spines in the metatarsi — 

 which spines are easily broken off — varies in my specimens between 



2 and 5. — The light spots in the dark dorsal band of the abdo- 

 men (vid. Blac wall's figures, which are not very good), are often 

 totally wanting; the shield-like figure on the abdomen's underside 

 is also sometimes very indistinct. 



(Pag. 105.) 8. L. marginata [= Linyphia marginata C.Koch 1834]. 



Syn.: 1757. Araneus triangularis Clerck, Sv. Spindl., p. 71 (ad partem:) PI. 



3, tab. 2, fig. 2 (figura femince). 

 1805. Linyphia triangularis Walck., Tabl. d. Aran., p. 70. 

 1834. „ marginata C. Koch, in Hkuh.-Sch^ff., Deutschl. Ins., 



127, 21, 22. 



1834. „ „ Reuss, Zool. Misc., Arachn., p. 247 (253), PI. 



XVII, fig. 5. 



1864. „ triangularis Blackw., Spid. of Gr. Brit., II, p. 212, PI. 



XV, fig. 139. 



