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THERIDIIDiE. 
Theridxon stictum. PI. XIV, fig. 126. 
Theridion stictum , Cambridge, Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist., third series, vol. vii, 
p. 432. 
Length of the female, |th of an inch ; length of the cephalo-thorax, ^th, breadth, Ath; 
breadth of the abdomen, #h; length of an anterior leg, | 0 ths; length of a leg of the third 
pair, voth. 
The cephalo-thorax is oval, convex, glossy, prominent in the cephalic region, and strongly 
marked with numerous punctures; the falces are small, conical, and vertical; the maxillae 
are obliquely truncated at the extremity, on the outer side, and are greatly inclined towards 
the lip, which is semicircular; the sternum is broad, heart-shaped, glossy, and strongly 
punctated. These parts are of a very dark-brown colour, approaching to black. The legs are 
short, slender, provided with hairs, and have a red hue; the first pair is the longest, then 
the fourth, and the third pair is the shortest; each tarsus is terminated by three claws ; the two 
superior ones are curved and pectinated, and the inferior one is inflected near its base. The 
palpi resemble the legs in colour, and have a minute, curved claw at their extremity. The 
eyes are disposed on the anterior part of the cephalo-thorax in two transverse rows; the four 
intermediate ones form a square, those of the anterior pair, which are seated on a pro¬ 
tuberance, being rather the largest and darkest of the eight; the eyes of each lateral pair are 
placed obliquely on a tubercle, and are contiguous. The abdomen is short, broad, thinly 
clothed with hairs, glossy, very convex above, and projects greatly over the base of the 
cephalo-thorax; it is of a yellow-brown colour, the medial line of the upper part and a fine 
line curved round its anterior extremity being somewhat paler; the sides and a conspicuous 
spot on each side of the upper part of the anterior extremity have a dark-brown hue, and a 
broad, dark-brown band, comprising the spinners, which have a yellow-brown hue, extends 
along the middle of the under part. 
Immature females of this Theridion were captured by the Rev. O. P. Cambridge, on 
Bloxworth Heath, in the autumn of 1860. 
Theridion inornatum. PI. XIV, fig. 127. 
Theridion inornatum, Cambridge, Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist., third series, vol. 
vii, p. 433. 
Length of the female, -^th of an inch; length of the cephalo-thorax, Ath, breadth, ,gth; 
breadth of the abdomen, Ath; length of an anterior leg, 3 th; length of a leg of the third 
pair, Ath. 
The legs are moderately robust, and provided with hairs; the first pair is the longest, 
