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Arachnida. 



Abdomen pale murky greenish yellow, thickly mottled and ob- 

 scured with light sooty brown; thinly clothed with fine blackish 

 hairs ; very convex above, and of a short-oval form. 



Palpi moderately stout, not very long, similar in colour to the legs. 

 Humeral joint slightly curved inwards. Cubital joint very 

 short, and with a slight sharpish prominence in front, furnished 

 with two or three short black bristly hairs. Radial joint about 

 equal in length to the cubital, but rather stronger, and with a 

 slight projection on the inner side over the base of the digital 

 joint, which is rather darker colour than the rest and of a 

 largish size, furnished with blackish hairs: this joint has, on 

 the upper side near its base, a large conical prominence, the 

 point of which is slightly directed backwards and outwards : 

 this prominence is convex on the inner and slightly concave on 

 the outer side. Palpal organs prominent, highly developed and 

 complicated : connected with them, at the base underneath, is 

 a dark-coloured, flattish, reap-hook shaped, corneous process. 

 These organs project far outside and beyond the margins of the 

 digital joint, and consist of lobes and corneous processes, with 

 one or two short black spines at their extremity : they are of a 

 pale colour, edged with reddish. 



Two adult males of this spider were captured by myself on furze- 

 bushes at Bloxworth, in April, 1862. The most striking and leading 

 characteristic of the species seems to be the conical prominence on 

 the base of the digital joint of the palpi. 



Neriene subtilis. 



Male, adult. Length 1 -twelfth of an inch. Length of cephalotho- 

 rax 1-twenty-sixth. Relative length of legs, 4, 1 — 2, 3. In the 

 general form and structure of the palpi this species bears con- 

 siderable resemblance to Neriene conigera (last described), but 

 it differs in being larger, of a more elongated form, and of a 

 totally different colour. 



Cephalothorax yellowish brown tinged with red, and suffused with 

 brown near the eyes. 



Legs brightish red-brown, paler at the articulations of the joints. 

 Fourth pair perceptibly longer than the first, which scarcely 

 differ in length from the second pair. 



Sternum similar to the legs in colour. 



Abdomen long-oval, of a deep brown-black above, and reddish 



