427 



1867. Xysticus praticola Ohl., Aran, d. Prov. Preuss., p. 117 (J salt. 



ad part.; non <$). 

 1872. Thomisus incertus" Thor., Pern, on Syn., p. 255 (= S). 

 1872. Xysticus krevipks id., ibid. salt, ad part.; non $.) 



X. praticola C. Koch is identical with Thorn, incertua Blackw. 

 and different as well from Thom. brevipes Westr., as from Th. 

 brevipes Hahn, which are two species perfectly distinct and separate 

 from each other: see the "Additions and Corrections'' to p. 254, at 

 the end of this volume, where also some of the most important dif- 

 ferences between X. praticola and a couple of other species closely 

 allied to it are enumerated; see also above pp. 255, 256. — A full- 

 grown male X. praticola or incertus has been found in the island of 

 South-Koster (Bohuslan) by Mr A. Stuxberg; females, which in the 

 foregoing remarks I have aggregated to "X. brevipes (Westr.)", but 

 which I am not able to distinguish from females of "X. praticola" 

 and "2%. incertus\ kindly sent me by L. Koch and Cambridge, I have 

 met with in several parts both of Sweden and Germany; a couple of 

 similar females I have also received from Ohlert, as belonging to 

 his X. praticola, of which the male is identical with Westring's 

 Th. brevipes cf (X. Westringii n.) — Thorn, brevipes Blackw. (Spid. 

 of Gr. Brit., I, p. 67, PL IV, fig. 37) is a very uncertain species: 

 Mr Cambridge tells me he suspects that it is founded on young in- 

 dividuals of Th. luctuosns Blackw. At all events it must be expunged 

 from the synonyms of Th. brevipes Westr., a spider not as yet ob- 

 served in England. 



(Pag. 90.) Thomisus abbreviatus [= Thomisus onustus Walck. 1805]. 



Syn.: 1805. Thomisus onustus Walck., Tabl. d. Aran., p. 32. 

 1807. „ „ id. , H. N. d. Aran., 3, 7. 



1825. „ „ id. , Faune Franc., Arachn., p. 77. 



1825. „ abbreviatus id., ibid., p. 76. 



1827. „ Peronii Var. Sav. et Acd., Descr. de l'Egypte, 2e Ed., 



p. 396, Arachn., PI. VI, fig. 8. 

 1831. „ diadema Hahn, Die Arachn., I, p. 49, Tab. XIII, fig. 37. 

 ?1831. „ cristatus id., Monogr. Aran., 6, Tab. 1, figg. C, c, 2. 

 1838. „ diadema C. Koch, Die Arachn., IV, p. 51, Tab. CXXIII, 



figg. 281, 282. 



That Thom. onustus Walck. is the same species as his Th. ab- 

 breviatus, cannot, I think, be doubted by any one who has seen a 

 considerable number of specimens of this spider. n Th. onustus" is 



