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length, reddish ; the second feet, and then the last two are 
the longest ; the thorax is brown on the sides ; the abdomen 
is ovoid, and has above a black or brown spot, like a lozenge, 
and bordered with white. 
Philodromus oblongus (Walck., ibid. ead. fig. 9.) belongs 
to the same division, as regards the relative proportions of the 
feet, and the disposition of the eyes ; but the abdomen is 
longer, almost cylindrical, or in an elongated cone, with three 
longitudinal stripes, and some brown points, on a yellowish 
ground, which is also the colour of the thorax. This part 
presents in the middle two brown stripes forming an elon- 
gated V. 
These two species are found in the neighbourhood of Paris. 
See, with respect to the others, the French Fauna, from which 
we have extracted the preceding descriptions. 
Thomisus, Walck., 
Differ from philodromus in their forceps, proportionally 
smaller and cuneiform, and in their four hinder feet, very 
sensibly, or even suddenly shorter than the preceding. The 
lateral eyes are often situated on eminences, while those of 
the philodromi are constantly sessile. Here, again, the two 
lateral posterior eyes are more cast behind than the two inter- 
mediate ones of the same line, while in the thomisi, these 
four eyes are pretty nearly on the same level. 
The species of this subgenus are those which have been 
more especially designated by the name of mz&-spiders. 
The males are often very different in colour from the females, 
and sometimes much smaller. 
Some, all exotic, have the eyes disposed four by four, on 
two transverse lines, almost parallel, and of which the hinder 
one is the longest. 
In the others, which form the greater number, the assem- 
