184 F. P. SMITH ON SOME BRITISH SPIDERS TAKEN IN 1907. 



local museum, who kindly gave me a specimen, informed me that 

 he had found the species fairly common in the neighbourhood. 

 A good deal of searching, however, resulted only in the capture 

 of a single specimen, a female, on East Cliff (June 7th). This 

 species might be mistaken for the common A. atropos (Walck.), 

 but the differences are, under the microscope, quite obvious. 

 Excellent figures of both are given by Kulczynski in Bull. Acad. 

 Sciences de Cracovie, 1906. I know of no locality in the South 

 where A. atropos (Walck.) is at all abundant. In the North, 

 however, it appears to be quite common. 



Cicurina cinerea (Panz.), 1793. 



1793. Aranea cinerea, Panz., Faun. Ins. Germ. 

 1793. „ cicurea, Fabr., Ent. Syst. 



1871. Cicurina cicur, Menge, Preuss. Spin. 



1879. Tegenaria cinerea, Camb., Spid. Dorset. 



This species has been found on several occasions in Epping 



Forest, between Chingford and High Beech, in cavities on the 



underside of felled tree-trunks. It also occurred at St. Leonards 

 in early June. 



Family LYCOSIDAE. 

 Tarentula miniata (C. L. Koch), 1834. 



1834. Lycosa miniata, C. L. Koch, Die Arach. 



1848. ,, nivalis, C. L. Koch, Die Arach. {ad partem). 



1881. Tarentula miniata, Camb., Spid. Dorset. 



This rare species occurs amongst the coarse grass on the sand- 

 dunes at Camber, near Rye, in Sussex, where on June 12th, 1907, 

 I found both sexes adult. It may be roughly distinguished from 

 several allied spiders found in similar localities by its hoary 

 appearance, but subsequent careful microscopical examination is 

 necessary in order to definitely fix the identity of the species. 

 The important characters are figured on PI. 14, Figs. 1 a, b. 

 T. miniata may be expected to occur in any coast area where 

 there are tracts of blown sand and marram grass. 



