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72 THOMISIDiE. 
than the third and fourth pairs, are nearly equal in length, the second pair being rather the 
longer, and the fourth pair a little surpasses the third in longitudinal extent; each tarsus is 
terminated by two curved claws, pectinated at the base. The abdomen is depressed, thinly 
covered with hairs, much broader at the posterior than at the anterior extremity, and projects 
over the base of the cephalo-thorax; it is of a pale, yellowish-brown hue above, with a broad, 
irregular, dark-brown band extending on each side of the medial line nearly to the spinners, 
immediately above which organs there are a few transverse streaks of the latter colour con¬ 
necting the lateral bands; in the space comprised between these bands there are a short, 
dark-brown streak, directed backwards from the anterior part of the abdomen, and five 
indented spots of the same hue, forming an angle whose vertex is directed forwards; a 
whitish band extends along the sides, and below it there is a parallel, dark-brown band; 
underneath, the abdomen is of a yellowish-brown colour, mottled with dark-brown about the 
middle ; and the branchial opercula have a yellowish-white tint. 
The male is smaller and darker coloured than the female. The femoral and genual joints 
of its first and second pairs of legs are of a dark, reddish-brown colour, inclining to black 
above, the other parts of these limbs, and the whole of the third and fourth pairs, being 
either of a pale-red or yellowish-brown colour. The humeral joint of the palpi is of a dark, 
reddish-brown hue; the cubital and radial joints are short, and their colour is pale, red- 
brown ; the latter projects a pointed apophysis from its extremity, on the outer side, and 
another underneath, which has a small protuberance near its termination; the digital joint is 
oval, convex and hairy externally, concave within, comprising the palpal organs; they are 
highly developed, complex in structure, with one or two strong, prominent processes near the 
upper part, and are of a dark, red-brown colour. 
This spider may be seen in summer running on foot-paths in North Wales and Lanca¬ 
shire, but it is not a common species. In June the female constructs a lenticular cocoon, of 
compact, white silk, measuring one fourth of an inch in diameter; it is commonly attached to 
the under side of withered leaves, and contains about forty-three spherical eggs, of a pale- 
yellow colour, not agglutinated together. 
Thomisus sabulosus. PI. IV, fig. 41. 
Thomisus sabulosus , Hahn, Die Arachn., Band i, p. 28, tab. 8, fig. 24. 
— — Blackw., Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist., second series, vol. xx, 
p. 498. 
Xysticus — Koch, Die Arachn, Band xii, p. 64, tab. 411, figs. 999, 1000. 
Length of the female, 21 lines (Koch). 
The legs are provided with hairs and spines, and the first and second pairs, which are 
much longer and more robust than the third and fourth pairs, are of a yellowish-brown hue, 
with dark-brown streaks, spots, and annuli ; each tarsus is terminated by two curved, pecti¬ 
nated claws. The palpi resemble the legs in colour, but are without any dark-brown marks. 
