LINYPHIA. 
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Linyphia nasata, PL XVII, fig. 158. 
Mobatus nasatus, Templeton, MS. History of Irish Arachnida. 
Length of the female, ^th of an inch 
The cephalo-thorax is obcordate or subtriangular, with a nasiform process in the middle 
of the frontal margin, caused by a deep notch on each side of it; it is of a pale-brown colour, 
the sides, which are suddenly depressed, having a darkish-green tint; underneath it has a 
dark-brown hue. The abdomen is tumid, and of a pale yellowish-brown colour, with a row of 
obsolete, brown maculae on each side of the medial line of the upper part; these maculae are 
separated anteriorly by a lance-shaped, longitudinal, pale fascia ; the spinners are prominent. 
The legs are long, slender, hairy, spiny, and of a pale-brown colour, with black tarsi. 
In the grove at Cranmore this species is not uncommon. 
Linyphia eric^ea. PI. XVII, fig. 159. 
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Linyphia ericaa, Blackw., Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist., second series, vol. xi, 
p. 22. 
— — Blackw., Ibid., p. 119. 
Length of the female, T ‘ s th of an inch ; length of the cephalo-thorax, ^th, breadth, ^nd ; 
breadth of the abdomen, 5 gth; length of an anterior leg, Ith; length of a leg of the third 
pair, 5 |ths. 
The eyes are seated on black spots; the four intermediate ones describe a trapezoid 
whose anterior side is the shortest, and those of each lateral pair are placed obliquely on a 
small tubercle and are almost contiguous; the anterior eyes of the trapezoid are seated on a 
slight protuberance, and are much the smallest of the eight. The cephalo-thorax is oval, 
convex, glossy, with an indentation in the medial line; the falces are conical, vertical, some¬ 
what divergent at the extremity, and armed with teeth on the inner surface ; the maxillee have 
the exterior angle, at their extremity, curvilinear, and are slightly inclined towards the lip, 
which is semicircular and prominent at the apex • the sternum is convex and heart-shaped; 
and the legs and palpi, which are provided with hairs and fine spines, are long and slender. 
These parts have a yellowish-brown colour, with the exception of the sternum and base of the 
lip, which have a browner hue. The first pair of legs is the longest, then the second pair, 
which a little surpasses the fourth, and the third pair is the shortest; each tarsus is terminated 
by three claws; the two superior ones are curved and slightly pectinated, and the inferior one 
is inflected near its base. The abdomen is oviform, glossy, sparingly clothed with hairs, 
pointed at the spinners, convex above, and projects over the base of the cephalo-thorax; it is 
of a pale yellow-brown colour, with obscure spots of a deeper shade, the under part 
being the darkest; the sexual organs are of a red-brown hue and have in connexion 
