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EPEIRID^E. 



META SEGMENTATA (Clerck}. Common on juniper bushes, etc. 

 Both adults and young examples observed in May some of 

 the former large and prettily marked. 



META MERIAN^E, Scop. Fairly common in holes under the roots 

 of trees and pieces of fallen rock. 



TETRAGNATHA EXTENSA, Linn. Common in a few spots, but not 

 generally dispersed. Marshy ground near Loch-an-Eilan, Loch 

 Gellachie, and Carrbridge, on webs suspended from twigs of 

 bog myrtle, over small ditches. 



CYCLOSA CONICA (Pall.} One ad. ^ shaken off a young conifer at 

 Inverdruie on i3th June. 



EPEIRA CUCURBITINA, Clerck. Fairly common on young conifers 

 and wire fences about Inverdruie. Adults of both sexes in 

 May and June ; young ., Kincraig, in August. 



EPEIRA DIADEMATA (Clerck}. Young examples common in May 

 and June ; adults in August. 



EPEIRA AGALENA, Walck. Adults of both sexes. Not uncommon 

 on wire fences about Inverdruie during June : a few also ob- 

 tained off conifers. Has already been recorded from Aviemore 

 ("Proc. Glas. Nat. Hist. Soc." 1878-80, p. 79). 



EPEIRA CORNUTA (Clerck}. Epcira apodisa, Blackw. Abundant on 

 heather, bog myrtle, etc. Numerous very large 9 s, apparently 

 on the point of depositing their eggs in marsh at Loch Alvie, 

 gth May ; ad. 6 s at Loch Gamhna on i-jth June ; ad. $ s also 

 in August ; imm. examples common in May and June. 



EPEIRA QUADRATA (Clerck}. Common on bog myrtle, heather, etc., 

 chiefly in marshy spots. Immature examples only (mostly 

 quite small) in May and June ; adults of both sexes in August. 



EPEIRA UMBRATICA (Clerck}. Ad. $ s and s and imm. examples 

 (some quite small) common during May and June on the 

 Aviemore and Inverdruie bridges ; also about old palings and 

 under the bark of dead trees at Aviemore, Loch Gellachie, 

 Loch-an-Eilan, etc. An ad. $ and several $ s were taken from 

 under the bark of an old birch near Feshie Bridge in August 

 1889. Strictly nocturnal. 



THOMISID^E. 



XYSTICUS CRISTATUS (Clerck). Common both ad. and imm. 



XYSTICUS SABULOSUS (Hahn). On 5th June 1893 about a dozen 

 immature examples were obtained on a bare spot on the open 



