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central part being paler, and the anus is very black. The three double lines at the apex of 
the abdomen are obsolete in some specimens. 
At Cranmore this species is not uncommon. It appears to belong to the genus Neriene, 
though an approximation to the Theridia is observable in the form of the maxillae. 
Neriene carinata. PL XIX, fig. 198. 
Ceroclus carinatus, Templeton, MS. History of Irish Arachnida. 
Length of the female, |th of an inch. 
The cephalo-thorax, which is nearly circular, has an elevated ridge in the medial line, 
and the sides are depressed till they are almost horizontal; it is of a brown colour, edged 
with black, and black lines descend from the middle thoracic point and pass to the origins of 
the legs; underneath it has a brownish-black hue. The abdomen is ovate, tumid, hairy, and 
of a grayish-black colour on the upper part, with numerous waved, silvery lines on its surface ; 
underneath it is jet-black. The legs are moderately long, taper, provided with hairs and very 
fine spines, and are of a brown hue; the first pair is the longest, then the fourth, and the 
third pair is the shortest. 
This spider occurs in the grove at Cranmore. 
Neriene sulcata. 
Neriene sulcata , Blackw., Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist., vol. xiii, p. 184. 
— — Blackw., Ibid., second series, vol. ix, p. 271. 
Length of the male, -Lth of an inch; length of the cephalo-thorax, ^th, breadth, ^th; 
breadth of the abdomen, ^th; length of an anterior leg, gth; length of a leg of the third 
pair, nrth. 
The legs are provided with hairs, and are of a red colour, tinged with brown ; the first 
pair is rather 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 cephalo-thorax is oval, convex, glossy, with a small, lon¬ 
gitudinal indentation immediately behind each lateral pair of eyes, and a slight depression in 
the medial line; the falces are powerful, conical, convex in front, near the base, divergent at 
the extremity, armed with teeth on the inner surface, and inclined towards the sternum, 
which is broad and heart-shaped; the maxillae are strong, enlarged where the palpi are 
inserted, and inclined towards the lip, which is semicircular and prominent at the apex. 
These parts have a brown-black hue, the maxillae, which are the palest, and the falces having 
