SPIDERS OF ST. KILDA 223 



ERO THORACICA, Wid. Females with their curious and pretty little 

 pear-shaped egg-cocoons. Widely dispersed and not rare. 



META MERIAN/E, Scop. Immature females, of this common and 

 widely dispersed species. 



NESTICUS CELLULANUS, Clerck. An immature female of this widely 

 dispersed semi-domestic spider ; found generally in cellars, 

 damp caves, and among rocks in dark places. 



XYSTICUS CRISTATUS, Clerck. Immature females. Common and 

 universally distributed. 



XYSTICUS KOCHII, Thor. An immature male only. Although not 

 adult I do not feel any doubt about this specimen. The 

 species is rarer northwards, but tolerably abundant in the 

 south of England. 



PIRATA PIRATICUS, Clerck. Adult and immature females. 

 Apparently an abundant spider in St. Kilda, as it also is in 

 many parts to the south of England. 



TROCHOSA TERRICOLA, Thor. Immature examples only of this 

 common and widely dispersed spider. 



LYCOSA PULLATA, Clerck. Male and females, adult. Common and 

 universally distributed throughout Great Britain. 



PHALANGIDEA. 



OLIGOLOPHUS ALPINUS, Herbst. Examples of what I believe to be 

 this species were contained in the St. Kilda collection. It 

 has also occurred in other parts of Scotland (Balmoral and 

 Isle of Arran, as well as near Glasgow). Mr. Waterston speaks 

 of it as "the most abundant arachnid seen." 



OLIGOLOPHUS MORIO, Fabr. A single immature example, which I 

 feel sure is of this species, was the only one contained in the 

 collection. 



OLIGOLOPHUS PALPINALIS, Herbst. An immature example only, 

 but I feel very little doubt of its being of this species. Since 

 the publication of my monograph, 1 I have received it from 

 several localities (besides Dorsetshire), both in England and 

 Scotland. It appears to be a rare though widely dispersed 

 species. 



NEMASTOMA LUGUBRE, O. F. Milller. Several examples. It seems 

 to be almost universally distributed in England and Scotland. 



BLOXWORTH RECTORY, WAREHAM. 



1 "Monograph of Brit. Phalangidea," 1890, ' Proc. Dorset Field Club,' 

 xi. p. 190. 



