234 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



moor between Alt-na-Gaber and Loch Morlich. This is the 

 first record of the species for Scotland. We are obliged to 

 Mr. Cambridge for identifying our specimens. 



XYSTICUS BIFASCIATUS (C. L. A'.) An ad. $ and three ? s obtained 

 near Kincraig in August 1889. 



OXYPTILA TRUX (Blackw.} Ad. <?, Loch Gellachie, June; ?, Kin- 

 craig, August. 



OXYPTILA ATOMARIA (Panz.) Ad. $ and two ? s, Loch-an-Eilan, 

 June. 



PHILODROMUS AUREOLUS (ClercK). Very common ; many $ s beside 

 their egg-cocoons on palings, etc., in June. 



LYCOSID^:. 



OCYALE MIRABILIS ( ClercK). = Dolomcdes mirabilis, Bl., " Spid. Gr. 

 Brit, and Irel."- Ad. $ s of this fine spider were found in con- 

 siderable numbers in June, on tall heather near Alt-na-gaber, 

 and behind the keeper's house at the Boon. Most of them 

 were either carrying their egg-cocoons or guarding them after 

 having placed them within a slender web. 



PIRATA PIRATICUS (ClercK). Common in marshy places. 



TROCHOSA BIUNGUICULATA, Cambr. Among a few Lycosids kindly 

 obtained for us in the middle of June 1893 by Mr. Alexander 

 Robertson, at an elevation of about 3400 feet on Cairntoul, 

 was a large well-marked Trochosa, since described and figured 

 by Mr. Cambridge in this magazine (p. 23) as the female of 

 T. biunguiculata, of which the male only taken by Prof. Trail 

 near Braemar a number of years ago was previously known. 



TROCHOSA PICTA, Hahn. On 3rd June 1893 half a dozen ad. <?s 

 and ? s were obtained on the sandbank at the eastern end of 

 Loch Morlich, right at the foot of Cairngorm, and 1040 feet 

 above sea-level. The habitat is an interesting one, seeing the 

 species is in this country practically confined to sandhills on or 

 near the coast. 



TROCHOSA TERRICOLA, Thor. Craigellachie, Loch Vaa, etc., both 

 ad. (with egg-cocoons) and imm. 



TROCHOSA PULVERULENTA (ClercK). Adults of both sexes very 

 common. One on Braeriach at about 3000 feet ; several on 

 Cairntoul at 3400 feet. 



TROCHOSA ANDRENIVORA (ClercK). One ad. $ and many imm. ex- 

 amples in June ; adults more common in August. 



LYCOSA AMENTATA (ClercK). Exceedingly common. Was several 

 times observed crouching on the flowers of Caltlia palustris and 

 pouncing on the flies as they settled on the sepals. 



