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are some black hairs, along the middle of the upper part, about half of its length; this hand 
terminates in a point, between which and the spinners there is a series of obscure, yellowish- 
brown, angular lines, whose vertices are directed forwards; the spinners are of a pale, 
yellowish-brown hue ; the branchial opercula are of a yellowish-white colour; and the sexual 
organs have a reddish-brown tint. The female becomes much darker coloured after she has 
deposited her eggs. 
The abdomen of the male is slenderer and lighter coloured than that of the female, its 
prevailing hue being yellowish-red; and the falces, maxillae, and lip have a reddish-brown 
tint. The cubital and radial joints of the palpi are short, the latter projecting from its 
extremity, on the outer side, a crescent-shaped apophysis of a dark-brown colour, whose 
anterior limb is the longer and more obtuse; the digital joint is of a brown hue; it is of an 
oblong-oval form, convex and hairy externally, concave within, comprising the palpal organs, 
which are moderately developed, not very complicated in structure, of a sub-cylindrical figure, 
with a strong, curved, corneous spine at their extremity, whose point projects on the outer 
side ; and contiguous to it there is a pale, membraneous prominence, having near its base a 
small, dark, glossy protuberance. The colour of these organs is dark-brown, tinged with red. 
The haunts, habits, and economy of this species are similar to those of Clubiona holo- 
sericea. The female deposits about 145 spherical eggs, of a yellowish-white colour, not 
agglutinated together, in a lenticular cocoon of white silk of a fine texture, measuring three 
tenths of an inch in diameter. This cocoon, for which she manifests much solicitude, is 
inclosed in a cell of white silk fabricated on the inferior surface of a leaf, the sides of which 
are curved upon it, and are retained in that position by silken lines. Towards the end of 
June, or the beginning of July, the eggs are hatched; but the young, like those of all other 
spiders whose economy is known, do not quit the cocoon till they have completed their first 
change of integument. 
Clubiona amarantha has been found in Scotland and Ireland. 1 
Clubiona epimelas. PI. VII, fig. 77. 
Clubiona epimelas, Walclc., Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt., tom. i, p. 592. 
— — Blackw., Linn. Trans., vol. xix, p. 115. 
— — Blackw., Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist., second series, vol. viii, 
p. 43. 
Length of the female, §ths of an inch; length of the cephalo-thorax, gth, breadth, |th; 
breadth of the abdomen, | s ths; length of a posterior leg, length of a leg of the third 
pair, Jjths. 
The cephalo-thorax is somewhat oval, convex, broadly rounded in front, and thinly 
covered with yellowisli-white or grayish hairs; it is of a dark-brown colour, veined with 
black lines, and has narrow, black, lateral margins. The falces are strong, conical, convex in 
front, prominent, and armed with two rows of teeth on the inner surface; the maxillae are 
long, straight, powerful, enlarged where the palpi are inserted, and at the extremity, which 
