Arachnida. 



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side of this band are two oblique yellowish red oval spots, and 

 between it and the spinners is a series of indistinct, slightly 

 curved, transverse, yellowish red lines. The under part is paler 

 than the upper, and has four or five longitudinal yellowish lines 

 converging slightly towards the spinners, which project consider- 

 ably and are yellow tinged with brown. Branchial opercula pale 

 yellow. 



This species was captured by myself at Southport, Lancashire, in 

 1859, but was mistaken for Clubiona amarantha until the examination 

 of another specimen, captured by the Rev. T. W. Huthvvaite at Coven, 

 near Wolverhampton, in July, 1861, proved its distinctness from that 

 species. Since writing the above I have received specimens of this 

 species from Mr. Meade, of Bradford, who had also overlooked its dis- 

 tinctness from C. amarantha, for which it may easily be mistaken, 

 unless the palpal organs are carefully examined, when the strong spine 

 that envelopes the palpal organs will readily distinguish it. It differs 

 also from C. amarantha in several other points. 



Clubiona neglecta. 



Cephalothorax dull brownish yellow. Abdomen red-brown, thickly 

 freckled with small yellowish spots, and thinly clothed with 

 grayish hairs; a narrow, dark brown, fusiform band, divided lon- 

 gitudinally by a yellowish red line, runs about one-third of the 

 length towards the spinners; near the point of this band, on 

 either side, is an oblique line ; between it and the spinners are 

 two transverse angular ones and several short curved ones, all of 

 an obscure yellowish colour. Radial joint of palpi has at its 

 extremity on the outer side a dark brown crescent-shaped pro- 

 jection, of which the upper limb is the stoutest and darkest. 

 Digital joint large, and of an obtuse oval shape, enlarged at the 

 extremity. A long filiform spine springs from the inner side of 

 the palpal organs, curves round their extremity on the edge of 

 the digital joint, and, running down the edge on the outer side, 

 curves back over the middle, ending in a fine prominent point 

 towards the inner side. 



Adult male. Length, 1-fifth of an inch. Length of cephalothorax, 

 1-tenth. Breadth, 1-sixteenth. Relative length of legs, 

 4, 2, 1,3. 



Cephalothorax of a longish oval shape, considerably depressed in 

 front ; frontal margin curved ; a slight narrow indentation in the 

 medial line. Colour dull brownish yellow. 



