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THERIDIUM BLANDUM CAMBR. 
1882. C&kosoma blandum Camhr. Proc, ZooL Socy., London, p. 42S, pL XXIX, 
1896. « „ Work. Spiders, vol. I., p. 60., pi. 60. 
iSg6. Theridum bhnditm Sim, La Feu Mle djeunes Naturalistes, Paris. 
Description of Plate 1 18 ? spider magniTicd; natural size: profile; rf, 
cephalothorax underside ; (f, eyes ; / epigyne. 
Total length, ; cephalothorax, i; breadth, \ \ do, in front, i; abdomen, \\ \ 
breadth, 1 millim. l^g, i.— about 2| ; ii,— about zf j tii.— about 1 J ; iv.— about 2} 
millim. Patella + tibia, i v. —rather more than i millim. 
The ^ of this spider has already Ijeon figured in volume i , plate 60 of this work. 
This spider, which is common in the conservatories of the Jardin de Plantes, Paris, 
makes a small, simple, reticulated snare. Its cocoon, which is large, whitish, and tiuffy, is 
carried by the % suspended from her spinnerets. It has been found in Ceylon^ Singapore, 
the Philipines, and Florida. 
