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being longer than the posterior pair. The cubital and radial joints of the palpi are short; the 
latter is the stronger, and the former has along bristle projecting from its extremity, in front; 
the digital joint is somewhat oval, with a large lobe on the outer side, and a small process at 
the base, which is notched at its extremity and curved outwards; it is convex and hairy exter¬ 
nally, concave within, comprising the highly developed palpal organs, which are complicated 
in structure, and of a red-brown colour. 
In December, 1837, males and females of this spider, in a state of maturity, were obtained 
under stones on Gallt y Rhyg, a mountain in the vicinity of Oakland; and in 1841 Miss Ellen 
Clayton captured specimens of both sexes at Ingleton, in Yorkshire. 
Neriene pilosa. PI. XIX, fig. 196. 
Myagrus pilosus, Templeton, MS. History of Irish Arachnida. 
Length of the female, |th of an inch. 
The cephalo-thorax is oval, of a pale-brown colour, and is edged by a fine, black line; 
there is a dark, narrow, medial line, which is obsolete, except behind the eyes and at the middle 
thoracic point, and from the latter dark lines extend to the coxae ; underneath it is of a pale- 
brown hue, with a darker edge. The abdomen is ovate, thickly covered with fine, black hairs, 
and the upper part is of a pale, yellowish-brown colour; underneath it has a blackish hue, 
with a square and rather paler part immediately adjoining the branchial opercula. The legs 
are covered with fine hairs, and have a few very fine spines; they are of a brown colour, 
except at the articulations, which have a yellowish tint. 
This spider is found at Cranmore, but is rather rare. 
Neriene pallidula. PI. XIX, fig. 197. 
Xenophonus pallidulus, Templeton, MS. History of Irish Arachnida. 
Length of the female, T 6 th of an inch. 
The legs are hairy, spiny, and of a pale-yellow colour; the first pair is the longest, the 
second and fourth pairs are equal in length, and the third pair is the shortest. The cephalo- 
thorax is rotund, slightly compressed before, and of a pale, yellowish-brown colour; from the 
central thoracic point radii of a deeper brown pass to the coxae, and a fine, black line occurs on 
the margins; underneath it is of a yellowish-brown hue deepening to black at the edges. The 
abdomen is ovate; the upper part is of a yellowish-gray colour, the sides and posterior region 
being darker; in the middle there is a dagger-shaped, dark macula, and posteriorly three 
double, dark lines meet in an angle at the spinners; underneath it has a blackish hue, the 
