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Two males of this uncommon species were taken at Camber, 

 near Rye, Sussex, amongst the coarse grass of the sand-dunes, on 

 June 12th, 1907. 



Hyctia nivoyi (Lucas), 1842. 



1842. Sakicus nivoyi, Lucas, Exp. Alger. 

 1881. Hyctia nivoyi, Camb., Spiel. Dorset. 



This extremely local jumping-spider, remarkable chiefly on 

 account of its narrow elongate form, occurred in some numbers 

 amongst the sand-dunes at Camber, near Rye, on June 12th, 

 1907. The specimens were mostly immature, the few adults 

 being of the female sex. 



Toxeus formicarius (De Geei-), 1778. 



1778. Aranea formicaria, De Geer, Mem. 

 184G. Pyrophorus helveticus, 0. L. Koch, Die Arach. 

 1861. Salticus formicarius, Bl., Sp. G. B. I. 

 1881. S. formicarius, Camb., Spiel. Dorset. 



Toxeus formicarius is one of our rarest, handsomest, and most 

 interesting spiders, whose presence in Britain has hitherto been 

 attested only by several isolated records extending over three- 

 quarters of a century. In the supplement to the Encyclopaedia 

 Britannica, 4th, 5th, and Gth editions, it is recorded from 

 Scotland on the authority of Dr. Leach ; but one might well 

 be excused for doubting its occurrence so far north. A specimen 

 taken by Mr. C. Waterhouse at Southend is stated to be in the 

 British Museum ; and another example, taken by Mr. J. C. Dale 

 near Lymington, is, I believe, in existence. The late F. O. 

 Pickard-Cambridge informed me that there was a fourth record, 

 but did not furnish any details. It will be evident from the 

 nature of these data that the knowledge of a locality where 

 the species could be definitely stated to occur in something like 

 reasonable numbers has always been a desideratum amongst 

 arachnologists, and the recent discovery of such will doubtless 

 be of interest to all students of the spiders. 



At the end of the first week in September, at the invitation of 

 my friend Mr. Frank Morey, of Newport, Isle of Wight, I was 

 able to spend three days in this charming neighbourhood, with 

 the object, primarily, of adding to the local list which my host 



