314 F. P. SMITH ON SOME BRITISH SPIDERS TAKEN IN 1908. 



any slope other than one with a south or south-west aspect, and 

 also that the tubes, when occurring in the heath country, are 

 usually concealed under large overhanging tufts of heather. 



Family DICTYNIDAE. 



Ciniflo fenestralis (Stroem), 1768. 



17G8. Aranea fenestralis, Stroem, Det. Trondh. Selsk. Shrift. 



1778. ,, atrox, De Geer, Mem. 



1861. Ciniflo „ Bl., Spid. G. B. I. 



1881. Amaurobius fenestralis, Camb., Spid. Dorset. 



1900. ,, ,, ,, List Brit. Irish Spid. 



This species, although not by any means rare, is often con- 

 founded, especially in the female sex, with the very common 

 C similis, Bl. The form of the epigynae, as illustrated on 

 Plate 25, Figs. 1 and 2, will at once decide the species. C. fenestralis 

 occurs pretty frequently in the London area under loose bark. 

 C. siynilis is more or less a house-spider, frequenting holes in 

 walls and crannies between boards in out-buildings. 



Protadia subniger (Camb.), 1861. 



1861. Drassus subniger, Camb., Ann. Mag. JV. H. 



1861. Lethia stigmatisata, Menge, Preuss. Spin. 



1879. ,, wiengii, Camb., Spid. Dorset. 



1879. ,, puta, 



1881. ,, subniger, „ 



1889. ,, albispiraculis, Camb., Proc. Dors. F. Club. 



Daring May several specimens of both sexes were taken on 

 iron railings between Croydon and Addington, Surrey. 



Lethia humilis (BL), 1855. 



1855. Ciniflo humilis, Bl., Ann. Mag. iV. //. 



1861. „ „ „ Spid. G.B.I. 



1869. Lethia varia, Menge, Preuss. Spin. 



1879. „ humilis, Camb., Spid. Dorset. 



Males of this species occurred at Bexhill towards the end of 

 May, but not at all commonly. 



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