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length of the anterior row of eyes. The patellar joint of the palpus 

 is fully as long as, or a little longer than, the patella of the l:st 

 pair, the tibial is not inconsiderably shorter than the patellar joint. — 

 A belonging to this species has been sent me by Mr Cambridge; 

 I have also been favoured with a male specimen from Nurnberg by 

 Dr L. Koch. 



(Pag. 285.) Neriene herbigrada [= Erigone herbigrada (Blackw.) 



1854].' 



Syn,.: 1854. NERleNE herbigrada Blackw., Descr. of some newly disc, spec, 



cet., in Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist., 2 Ser., 

 XIII, p. 179. 



1871. Erigone mordens Thok., Eem. on Syn., p. 144. 



From a male specimen of Ner. herbigrada Blackw., which I 

 have lately received from Mr Cambridge, I find that this species is 

 identical with the E. mordens described by me loc. cit., a circum- 

 stance which I had formerly overlooked 



(Pag. 286.) Neriene abnorniis [=Linyphia ab nor mis (Blackw.) 1841]. 



Syn.: 1841. NERle'NE abnormis Blackw., The differ, in the numb, of eyes, cet., 



p. 649. 



1847. Argus abnormis Walck., H. N. d. Ins. Apt., IV, p. 512. 



This spider is unquestionably a TAnyphia , to the species of 

 which genus Blackwall says that it 'makes a near approximation by 

 the structure of its oral apparatus and by the disposition and rela- 

 tive size of the eyes'. The legs are armed with very fine, pretty 

 long spines: on at least the fore legs the tibiae have three (or more?) 

 spines, two above (which are about double as long as theVjoint's 

 diameter) and one on the anterior side: the thighs and metatarsi 

 seem to be destitute of spines. The posterior row of eyes, when 

 viewed from above, is straight, with the eyes situated at equal dis- 

 tances from each other, these distances being somewhat greater than 

 an eye's diameter; the distance between the anterior and posterior 

 centre eyes is slightly greater than the diameter of the latter. The 

 anterior row of eyes is almost straight, but little curved backwards, 

 its lateral being separated from its centre eyes by an interval almost 

 equal to the diameter of the former. The length of the area of the 



