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(Pag. 342.) 3. D. fuscilS [= Drassns scutulatus L. Koch 1806]. 



Si/n.: ?t!804. ARANEA lucifuga I'anz., Syst. Nomencl., p. 244 (Sch^eff., Ic. Ins. 



Ratisb., II, Tab. CI, fig. VII). 

 1 1832. Dkassi s itmts Suno. , Sv. Spindl. Beskr., in Vet.-Akad. Handl. 



f. 1831, p. 134. 



1836. i „ LUCIFUGUS C. Koch, in Herr.-Sch/eff. , Deutschl. Ins., 

 137 (Deutschl. Crust., Myr. u. Arachn., 4), 3, 4. 

 1 1839. „ sericeus id., Die Arachn., VI, p. 37, Taf. CXC, figg. 



457, 458 (ad partem). 

 1866. ,, scutulatus L. Koch, Die Arachn. -fain. d. Drassiden, 



p. 93, Taf. IV, figg. 61, 62. 



D. fuscus Latr., which according to Latreilee is found under 

 stones '), can hardly he identical with this species , which is only met 

 with in houses, and, according to Sundevall, under the bark of 

 dead trees. D. fuscus Walck. 2 ), which has black thighs, and under 

 which not only D. fuscus Sund., but also (and probably correctly) 

 D. tibialis Hahn 3 ) is cited , seems to be a separate and to me unknown 

 species. See further concerning D. fuscus Latr. and Walck. the next 

 following species, D. coynatus Westr. — I), sericeus C. Koch probably 

 includes both the true D. sericeus Sund., Westr., or 4-punclatus 

 (Linn.) (see that species above, p. 177), and D. scutulatus. — L. Koch 

 has kindly sent me a J 1 and ? ad. of his I), scutulatus, which com- 

 pletely agree with D. fuscus Sund. and Westr. 



In the male of D. scutulatus ox fuscus Westr., the tibial joint 

 of the palpi is nearly as long as the patellar, somewhat broader 

 towards the extremity, not longer than broad; from its outer side, 

 at the apex, projects a coarse strong process, which is almost as 

 long as the joint itself: at first it is nearly straight, directed for- 

 ward and outward and also somewhat downward, but toward the 

 pointed extremity it is suddenly bent in such a manner, that the 

 extremity is directed forward and somewhat upward (it does not form 

 a downward-bent hook, as is stated by L. Koch). The bulbus has 

 on the under side, towards the apex, a strong, red, somewhat cla- 

 vate hook curved forwards (upwards); the lamina is somewhat lon- 

 ger than the patellar + the tibial joint, not broader than the man- 

 dibles and about as long as these organs. — The female is easily 

 distinguished from f. inst. D. 4-punctatus ¥ by the 4 th pair of legs 



1) Gen. Crust, et Ins., I, p. 87. 



2) H. N. d. Ins. Apt., I, p. 617; Faune Franc., Arachn., p. 164. 



3) Monogr. Aran., VII, Tab. 2., fig. b. 



