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the specimen, that served as type for my own and Westring's de- 

 scriptions. We shall return to this species further on. 



Walckenaer (Hist. Nat. d. Ins. Apt., II, p. 367) includes L. 

 alticeps in the synonyms of his Argus cornntus (Walckenaer a acumi- 

 nata Blackw.) which of course is a mistake. 



(Pag. 595.) 15. bis. L. affinis [= Linyphia luteola Blackw. 1833]. 



Syn.: 1833. Linyphia luteola Blackw., Charact. of some undescr. gen. etc., 



p. 192. 



1837. Bolyphantes alpestris C. Koch , Uebers. d. Arachn.-Syst., I, p. 9. 

 1841. „ „ id., Die Arachn., VIII, p. 69, Taf. CCLXXII, 



fig. 642. 



1864. Linyphia alticeps Blackw., Spid. of Gr. Brit., II, p. 226, PI. XVI, 



fig. 149. 



1866. Bolyphantes stramineus Menge, Preuss. Spinn., I, p. 136, PI. 25, 



tab. 56. 



Concerning this species see the preceding article, L. alticeps 

 Westr. 



(Pag. 119.) 16. L. pallescens [= Linyphia ins ignis Blackw. 1841]. 



Syn.: 1841. Linyphia insignis Blackw., The differ, in the numb, of eyes etc., 



p. 662. 



1851. „ PALLESCENS Westr., Forteckn. etc., p. 37. 

 1864. „ insignis Blackw., Spid. of Gr. Brit., U, p. 328, PI. XVII, 



fig. 160. 



1866. Helophora pallescens Menge , Preuss. Spinn., I, p. 227, PI. 23, tab. 50. 



Blackwall's description of L. insignis agrees admirably with 

 this remarkable species. The only deviation regards the colour of 

 the abdomen, which in L. insignis is said to have on its upper part a 

 row of angular lines, which however are sometimes absent, as is 

 the case in all the (Swedish and Finnish) specimens of L. pallescens 

 that I have seen. The accurate description given of the organs of 

 copulation in both sexes however removes all doubt of the identity 

 of these species. Moreover specimens of L. pallescens, which I sent 

 to Cambridge, have been declared by him to be identical with L. 

 insignis Blackw. — Menge's Helophora pallescens belongs undoubt- 

 edly to this species, although his description of the number of the 

 spines of the legs is not easily applied to it. — The name L. insignis 

 has right of priority before that of L. pallescens. 



