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front; the other six are situated much lower, but considerably above the frontal margin, so 
that the four intermediate ones describe a long, narrow trapezoid. The palpi are short, and 
the radial and digital joints have a brown hue ; the radial, which is much shorter than the 
cubital joint, projects a small, pointed apophysis from its extremity, in front, and a smaller one 
underneath; the digital joint is short, broad, convex and hairy externally, concave within, 
comprising the palpal organs, which are moderately developed, prominent, complicated in 
structure, with a curved, black spine near their extremity, on the inner side, and are of a 
reddish-brown colour. 
Both sexes of this small Walckenaera were found by the Rev. O. P. Cambridge among 
gorse at Hursley, near Winchester, and at Lyndhurst and at Bloxworth, in the summer of 
1860. 
Walckenaera frontata, PI. XXII, fig. 232. 
Savignia frontata, Blackw., Loud, and Edinb. Phil. Mag., third series, vol. iii, 
p. 105. 
— —. Blackw., Research, in Zool., p. 313, pi. 3, figs. 1, 3. 
—. — Blackw., Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist., second series, vol. x, 
p. 353. 
Length of the male, T ~th of an inch ; breadth of the cephalo-thorax, -th ; breadth of the 
abdomen, 5 ' 5 th; length of an anterior leg, ! 0 th ; length of a leg of the third pair, Ath. 
The cephalo-thorax, which is of an elongated-oval form, is convex, glossy, with a 
minute indentation in the medial line, and an erect, conical prominence in front, surmounted 
by a tuft of fine hairs; the falces are small, conical, armed with teeth on the inner surface, 
and inclined towards the sternum, which is broad and heart-shaped; the maxillae are enlarged 
at the base, where the palpi are inserted, and greatly inclined towards the lip, which is semi¬ 
circular and prominent at the apex. These parts have a brownish-black hue, the falces and 
maxillfe being faintly tinged with red. The eyes are small; four are disposed in a transverse 
row behind the base of the frontal prominen ce, and immediately before each lateral eye another 
is situated; two more, seated near the front of the apex of the prominence, are the darkest 
of the eight, and are distinguished with difficulty. The legs are moderately long and 
provided with hairs; the anterior and posterior pairs are the longest, and equal in length, and 
the third pair is the shortest; they are of a brown hue, tinged with red; 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 rekemble the legs in colour, and the radial, which is 
larger and darker than the cubital joint, is depressed, hairy, and tapers to an acute point, 
curved outwards in front of the digital joint; the digital joint is somewhat oval, having a 
prominent lobe on the outer side, near the base; it is convex and hairy externally, concave 
within, comprising the palpal organs, which are highly developed, complex, with curved, 
spine-like processes, and are of a dark, red-brown colour. The abdomen is oviform, convex 
