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side ; the digital joint is oval, convex, and hairy externally, concave within, comprising the 
palpal organs, which are highly developed, prominent at the upper part, not complex in struc¬ 
ture, and of a dark-brown colour. A broad, irregular, red-brown band, crossed about one 
third of its length above the spinners by a curved, yellowish-white line, extends along the 
middle of the upper part of the abdomen ; it is bordered by a black band, and the whole is 
surrounded by a yellowish-white one, below which the sides are black, and the under part is 
of a dull, yellowish-brown colour. Sometimes the colour of the broad, irregular band extend¬ 
ing along the middle of the upper part of the abdomen is of a yellowish-brown hue, and the 
curved, transverse, yellowish-white line is almost obliterated. 
The sexes of Salticus coronatus, which is common in the woods of Denbighshire and Caer¬ 
narvonshire, differ so greatly in colour, that they have been described as distinct species. 
They pair early in June. 
Specimens of both sexes have been received from Mr. J. Hardy, who took them in 
Scotland. 
Salticus xanthogramma. 
Salticus xanthogramma, Blackw., Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist., second series, vol. vii, 
p. 401. 
Attus ■ Walck., Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt., tom. i, p. 415. 
Titulus 33, Lister, Hist. Animal. Angl., De Aran., p. 90. 
The attempt to identify the “Araneus subjlavus, oculis smaragdinis, item cui secundum clunes 
tres virgulce crocece” of Lister (‘De Aran.,’ tit. 33, p. 90), either with the Attus xanthogramma or 
the Attus tripundatus of M. Walckenaer, who has referred it to both (‘ Hist. Nat. des Insect. 
Apt.,’ tom. i, pp. 415—418), is attended with difficulty in consequence of the brevity of the 
, descriptions and the want of specimens to compare with those species. It differs from both 
in some particulars, but, on the whole, appears to resemble the former more than the latter. 
The following is a summary description, from the Latin of Lister: 
This spider is of a medium size, and for the most part of a yellowish colour. The cephalo- 
thorax is large, nearly quadrate, very flat, and broadest in front. In the relative size and 
arrangement of its eyes it resembles its congeners, and their colour is emerald-green. The 
abdomen is sub-cylindrical and pointed at the posterior extremity ; it has three conspicuous, 
saffron-coloured streaks in the medial line of the upper part, and is whitish underneath. The 
male has the first pair of legs robust, hairy, and longer than the rest, the third pair being the 
shortest. The digital joints of the palpi are tumid, and mask the falces, which are of a reddish- 
black colour. 
