SPIDERS COLLECTED IN NEIGHBOURHOOD OF AVIEMORE 229 



CHIRACANTHIUM CARNIFEX (Fabr.} Small colonies found in a 

 number of spots, but not common, Alt-na-gaber, Loch Morlich, 

 Rothiemurchus, etc. ; ad. $ s and $ s in cocoons on heather 

 during June. 



AGROECA BRUNNEA (Blackw.} An ad. $ at Loch Vaa, 2yth May, 

 and an imm. $ at Altdruie, 6th June. The egg-cocoons of an 

 Agroeca were not uncommon on heather by the roadside near 

 Colyumbridge. The A. brunnea of Dr. Hardy's list of Berwick- 

 shire spiders ("Proc. Berw. Nat. Club," 1856-62, p. 94) 

 probably belonged to the form since separated and described 

 by Mr. Cambridge under the name of A. proxima. 



DICTYNID^E. 



DICTYNA ARUNDINACEA (Linn.} Very common on heather : a few 

 on young conifers. 



DICTYNA ARENICOLA, Cambr. In the Royal Physical Society's 

 "Proceedings" for July last (vol. xii. p. 589) this species is 

 described (and figured) by the Rev. O. P. Cambridge from 

 specimens obtained by me on the sandhills at Luffness, East 

 Lothian, the previous month. Since then it has occurred to 

 me that in June 1893 I observed a similar pale Dictyna on the 

 sands of Loch Morlich at the foot of the Cairngorms and 

 1040 feet above sea-level. A search through my Aviemore 

 collection has resulted in the detection of two specimens, both 

 adult males. These were at once shown to Mr. Cambridge, 

 who, in a letter dated 4th August 1894, writes confirming my 

 identification. The discovery of this inland habitat for the 

 species -where, as at Luffness, it is found in company with 

 Trochosa picta is of much interest. At the request of the 

 editors of this journal and with the approval of the Secretary 

 of the Royal Physical Society, the original figure of the species 

 is here reproduced. W. E. 



DICTYNA UNCINATA, Thor. Adults of both sexes obtained in abund- 

 ance in June by beating young conifers at Inverdruie, etc. 

 This is its first record for Scotland. Identification confirmed 

 by Mr. Cambridge. 



AMAUROBIUS FENESTRALIS (Str.} Common,' both in the ad. and 

 the imm. state. 



AMAUROBIUS SIMILIS (Blackw.} A number in outhouses. 



AGELENID^E. 



ARGYRONETA AQUATICA (ChrcK). A number of ad. ? s and imm. 

 examples obtained in mossy pools at Loch Pithulais, May 1893. 



