neriEne. 
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Neriene cornigera. PI. XIX, fig. 187. 
Neriene cornigera, Blackw., Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist., second series, vol. xvii, 
p. 233. 
— — Blackw., Ibid., vol. xx, p. 501. 
Length of the male, ^th of an inch; length of the cephalo-thorax, ^th, breadth, ,^th; 
breadth of the abdomen, ^th; length of an anterior leg, jth; length of a leg of the third 
pair, -^th. 
The eyes are seated on black spots; the four intermediate ones describe a trapezoid, the 
two anterior ones, which form its shortest side, being the smallest of the eight. The cephalo- 
thorax is oval, convex, glossy, slightly elevated before, where the eyes are situated, and has an 
indentation in the medial line; the falces are conical, divergent at the extremity, armed with 
teeth on the inner surface, and somewhat inclined towards the sternum, which is broad, 
convex, glossy, and heart-shaped; the maxillae are inclined towards the lip, which is semicir¬ 
cular and prominent at the apex; the legs are slender and slightly hairy; the anterior and 
posterior pairs are the longest and equal in length, and the third pair is the shortest; each 
tarsus is terminated by three claws; the two superior ones are curved, and the inferior-one is 
inflected near its base. These parts are of a brownish-yellow colour, the sternum, base of the 
lip, and tibiae of the first and second pairs of legs being the brownest. The palpi have a 
brownish-yellow hue, the digital joint being the brownest; the cubital and radial joints are 
short, the latter, which is the larger, is prominent at its extremity, in front, and has several 
long bristles at its base; the digital joint is oval, with a long, conical, hornlike process at its 
base, whose pointed termination extends to the extremity of the cubital joint, and is provided 
with one or two long bristles; it is convex and hairy externally, concave within, comprising 
the palpal organs, which are highly developed, prominent, complicated in structure, with a 
small, black, curved, pointed spine at the base, on the outer side, and are of a yellowish- 
brown colour. The abdomen is oviform, convex above, and projects a little over the base of 
the cephalo-thorax; it is thinly clothed with hairs, and of a dark, dull-brown hue, that of the 
spinners being pale, yellowish-brown. 
This remarkable spider was discovered among moss growing under trees in a wood on the 
northern slope of Gallt y Rhyg, in the autumn of 1854. 
Neriene Montana. 
Neriene montana, Blackw., Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist., second series, vol. xvii, 
p. 234. 
— — Blackw., Ibid., vol. xx, p. 501. 
Length of the male, T ' 5 th of an inch; length of the cephalo-thorax, ^th, breadth, ^th ; 
