117 



1841. Micryphantes iNiEQUALls C. Koch, Die Arachn., VIII, p. 103, Taf. 



CCLXXXI, figg. 671, 672. 

 1867. „ „ Ohi.., Die Aran. d. Piov. Preuss., p. 54, 58. 



?1868. Lophocarenum MCHOLOPHUM Menge, Preuss. Spinn. , II, p. 206, 



PI. 40, tab 103. 



If M. galeatus C. Koch 1833 ') is the same as M. inceyualis id., as 

 Walckenaer thinks (loc. cit.) , the former specific name would have 

 priority; but I have not myself had the opportunity of consulting 

 the Number of Herrich-Sch^ffer's "Deutschl. Insekten", where M. 

 galeatus is described and figured, and Dr. L. Koch writes me that 

 M. galeatus is a very doubtful species, which he cannot with any 

 certainty identify ; I have therefore thought it best to retain the name 

 used by Westring. As C. Koch has not mentioned his M. galeatus 

 in "Die Arachniden'\ it seems very probable that he did not himself 

 know to which of his species there described it ought to be referred. 



It appears to me perfectly certain, that the species here described 

 by Westring is identical with Ther. elongatum Recss. The size of that 

 spider is indeed stated to be T/ 2 Linie", but the same size is assigned 

 e. g. to ""Ther. acuminatum" ; and generally speaking Keuss is not par- 

 ticularly accurate in his measurements. In other respects Reuss' 

 description agrees with Westring's spider, of which I have received 

 specimens from Westring himself, as well as from Dr. Ohlert, the 

 latter specimens under the name of Micryph. incequalis Ohl. The 

 identity of M. ina><pialis C. Koch with Westring's and Ohleri's spe- 

 cies here described there can be no reason to doubt: the colour va- 

 ries somewhat, and the cephalothorax is sometimes dark brown or 

 rusty brown, sometimes olive-coloured, the legs rusty- or earthy- 

 yellow , the abdomen brown or black. — Walckenaera ludicra Cambr. 2 ) 

 is another, but nearly allied species, of which Cambridge presented 

 me with specimens: it is recognizable not only by its unusual (yellow) 

 colour, but also by the elevated portion of the head being conside- 

 rably larger than in E. elongata: in the front-view that eminence, 

 where the posterior central eyes are posited, is visibly broader than 

 the anterior row of eyes is long, whereas in E. elongata that 

 breadth is somewhat less than the length of the anterior row of 

 eyes. (Compare Koch's figure loc. cit.). 



1) Herr.-Sch.eff., Deutschl. Ins., 121, 23. 



2) Descr. of ten new spec, of Spiel, etc , in Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist. , 

 3 Ser., VII, p. 438 (11;; Black w., Spid. of Gr. Brit., II, PI. 316, PI. XXII, 

 fig. 231. 



