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clothed with hairs, convex above, and projects over the base of the cephalo-thorax ; it is of a 
yellowish-white colour, the under part being rather the darkest; a fine, brown band, which 
tapers to the spinners, extends along the middle of the upper part; the anterior half of this 
band is slightly ramified, and on each side of the posterior part there are three small, brown 
spots, disposed in pairs; the anterior pair is more distant from the intermediate and posterior 
pairs than these are from each other.; on each side of the under part there is a faint, curved, 
brown line, and these lines meet near the spinners; the sexual organs are rather prominent, 
of a dark, reddish-brown colour, and have a small, oval, brownish-yellow process connected 
with their inferior margin. 
The Rev. O. P. Cambridge captured an adult female of this species at Plursley, near 
Winchester, in the summer of 1860. 
Linyphia pulchella. 
Linyphia pulchella , Blackw., Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist., vol. xviii, p. 301. 
— — Blackw., Ibid., second series, vol. ix, p. 19. 
Length of the male, T ' s th of an inch; length of the cephalo-thorax, 5 ' B th, breadth, ith; 
breadth of the abdomen, ^th; length of an anterior leg, #hs j length of a leg of the third 
pair, jth. 
The cephalo-thorax is slightly compressed and prominent before, rounded on the sides, 
convex, glossy, with an indentation in the medial line, and is of a yellowish-brown colour. 
The eyes are seated on black spots ; the four intermediate ones form a trapezoid whose 
anterior side is the shortest, and those of each lateral pair are almost contiguous; the 
posterior eyes of the trapezoid are the largest, and the anterior ones are the smallest of the 
eight. The falces are powerful, conical, armed with teeth on the inner surface, and inclined 
towards the sternum, which is broad and heart-shaped; the maxillse are enlarged where the 
palpi are inserted, the exterior angle, at their extremity, is curvilinear, and they are inclined 
a little towards the lip, which is semicircular and prominent at the apex. These parts have 
a reddish-brown hue, the lip being the darkest. The legs are moderately long, provided 
with hairs and slender spines, and have a yellowish-brown tint; the first pair is the longest, 
then the second, 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; the cubital and radial joints are short, the latter being 
much the stronger ; the digital joint is oval, with a lobe on the outer side ; it is convex and 
hairy externally, concave within, comprising the palpal organs, which are highly developed, 
very complicated in structure, and of a red-brown colour. The abdomen is oviform, glossy, 
sparingly clothed with hairs, convex above, and projects over the base of the cephalo-thorax; 
the upper part is of a yellowish-white colour, with a series of obscure, dark, angular lines, 
whose vertices are directed forwards, extending along the middle, those on its anterior half 
being the least conspicuous; the sides and under part have a pale, yellowish-brown tint; the 
