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Prosthesima latreillei, Sim., 1879. 



1879. Prosthesima latreillei, Sim., Ar. de France. 

 1881. ,, latreillei, Camb., Spid. Dorset. 



Adult females of this species, generally regarded as rather rare, 

 occurred in Parkhurst Forest, Isle of Wight, amongst coarse 

 grass, on September 9th. 



Prosthesima pusilla (C. L. Koch), 1833. 



? 1775. Aranea nigrita, Fabr., Syst. Eat. 



1833. Melanophora pusilla, C. L. Koch, Deuts. Ins. 



1861. Drassus pusillus, Bl., Sp. G. B. I. 



1879. Prosthesima nigrita, Camb., Spiel, Dorset. 



A female of this species was taken in a meadow near St. 

 Leonards on June 11th. 



Family SPAltASSIDAE. 

 Sparassus viridissimus (De Geer), 1778. 



1757. Araneus roseus, Clk., Sv. Spindl. (= S) (Pre-Linnean). 



1757. ,, virescens, Clk., Sv. Spindl. (= ?) (Pre-Linnean). 



1778. Aranea viridissima, De Geer, Mem. 



1793. ,, smaragdula, Fabr., Syst. Eat. 



1806. Micromata smaragdina, Latr., Gen. Crust. Ins. 



1861. Sjxirassus smaragdulus, Bl., Sp G. B. I. 



1861. ,, omatus, Westr., Ar. Suec. 



1867. ,, omatus, Bl., Ann. Mag. X. H. 



1881. Micrommata virescens, Camb., Spid. Dorset. 



My friend, Mr. C. R. Percival, of Walthamstow, kindly pre- 

 sented me with two adult females of this beautiful species, taken 

 in the High Woods, Bexhill, Sussex, during the summer of the 

 present year. 



On September 9th I took a half-grown specimen, also of the 

 female sex, in Parkhurst Forest, Isle of Wight. 



Family THO.MISIDAE. 

 Xysticus kochii, Thor., 1870. 



1845. Xysticus viaticus, C. L. Koch, Die Arach. (nom. ])raeoc). 

 1870. ,, kochii, Thor., On European Spiders. 

 1881. „ viaticus, Camb., Spid. Dorset. 



