base; and the lip is triangular and rounded at the apex. These parts are of a pale-yellow'
colour, the base of the lip and a spot near the base of the falces, in front, having a red-br6wn
hue* The stern urn is heart-shaped) and of a brownish-red tint, tnottled with pale-yellow
The legs are long, and are provided with hairs and sessile spines; they are of a pale-yellow
colour, the anterior extremities of the femora and tibiae of the first and second pairs having a
broWnish-red h u e ; the second pair is the longest, then the first, and the fourth pair is the
shortest; each tarsus is terminated by two Curved, pectinated claws, and below them there
is a small scOpula. The palpi, which are short, are of a pale-yellow colour, and have a
curved, pectinated claw at their extremity. The abdomen is broader in the posterior than in
the anterior region, pointed at the spinners, somewhat convex above, and projects a little
over the base of the cephalo-thorax; it is of a pale-yellow colour, with a brownish-red band,
which is pointed before, extending from the anterior extremity, along the middle of the upper
part, more than a third of its length; and from each side, of the posterior extremity of this
band a series of oblique, graduated lines of the same colour extends nearly to the spinners;
the sides are of a red-brown hue, marked irregularly with pale-yelloW; the under part is of a
pale-yellow colour, freckled with red-brown, a broad band of the latter hue extending along
the middle; and the sexual organs have a reddish-brown tint.
The male is darker coloured than the female, and its abdomen is smaller; the design also
on its upper part is less distinctly marked. The palpi are lon g ; the radial is larger than the
cubital joint, and projects two strong apophyses from its extremity, one situated on the outer
hide and the other underneath; the digital joint is oval, convex and hairy externally, concave
within, comprising the palpal organs, which are highly, developed, with a long, fine, pointed,
black spine curved from the inner side round their extremity.
Both sexes of this species, which were captured at Southgate in July, 1849, are in
Mr. Walker’s cabinet. Professor Sundevall states (‘Vet. Acad. Handl.,’ 1832, p. 224), that
in July the female deposits numerous yellow eggs, not adherent among themselves, in a
depressed, white cocoon, which is attached to the trunks of trees or to walls by a small,
round, dense, white web.
Philodromus oblongus. PI. V, fig. 60.
Philodromus oblongus, "Walck., Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt., tom. i, p. 558.
r.j ? — Blackw., Linn. Trans., vol. xix, p. 123.
-■— ^7- Blackw., Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist., second series, vol. viii,
p. 38.
trilineatus, Sund., Vet. Acad. Handl., 1832, p. 227.
Thomisus oblongus, Latr., Gen. Crust, -et Insect., tom. i, p. 112.
— —— Hahn, Die Arachiu, Band i, p. 110, tab. 28, fig. 82.
Thanatus trilineatus, Koch, Uebers. des Arachn. Syst., erstes Heft, p. 28.
Length o f the female, fths of an inch; length of the cephalo-thorax, gth, breadth, ^ th;
breadth of the abdomen, Jth ; length of a leg of the second pair, râths ; length of a leg of the
third pair, ^ths.
The abdomen is of an oblong-oviform figure ; it is thickly covered with short hairs, and
the anterior extremity, which is slightly notched, projects a little over the base of the cephalo-
thorax ; it is of a yellowish-white colour, with a dark-brown band extending along the middle
of the upper part, on each side of which there is a narrower parallel band of the same hue;
some dark-brown spots are scattered over its surface, the most conspicuous pair being situated
at about one third of its length from the anus; and a large, dark-brown hand, broadest at its
anterior extremity and tapering to the spinners, extends along the middle of the under part ;
the sexual organs are of a red-brown colour, and the branchial opercula have a pale-yellow
hue. The cephalo-thorax is somewhat oval, compressed before, truncated in front, convex,
and thinly covered with hairs ; it is of a yellowish-white colour, with a dark-brown band
extending along each lateral margin, and another of the same tint in the medial line, which
is broadest at its anterior part,' where it comprises a narrow, longitudinal, yellowish-white
streak. The eyes are small, and are disposed on the anterior part of the cephalo-thorax in
two curved, transverse rows ; the posterior row is much the longer of the two, which together
form a narrow crescent. The falces are conical, vertical, and armed with one Or two small
teeth on the inner surface ; the maxillae are inclined towards the lip, which is short, and
somewhat oval; the sternum is heart-shaped; the legs are moderately long, and are provided
with hairs and sessile spines ; the second pair is the longest, then the fourth, and the third
pair is the shortest ; the palpi are short, with a curved, slightly pectinated claw at their
extremity. These parte, which are of a yellowish-white hue, are spotted with email, dark-
brown spots, those on the sternum being the most numerous. Each tarsus is terminated by
two carved, pectinated Claws, and below them there is a small scapula.
The male hears a strong resemblance to the female, but may readily be distinguished
from her, when adult, by the palpal organs.
Specimens of Philodromus ohlongus have been taken in the north of Lancashire and in
Cheshire.
Genus SPAKASSUS (Walekenaer).
Eyes disposed on the anterior part of the cephalo-thorax in two transverse rows, the
posterior of which is the longer.
M axilla straight and rounded at the extremity.
Z ip short, semicircular, or somewhat oval.
Legs long, robust, varying in their relative length in different species.