116 Mr. Black wall's Catalogue of Spiders 



of gorse and heath, the leaves of plants, &c., which she curves about it and se- 

 cures in that position by means of silken lines. In this cell she deposits about 

 140 spherical eggs of a deep yellow colour, which are not agglutinated together, 

 but are contained in an exceedingly delicate tissue of white silk of a subglo- 

 bose form, measuring |^th of an inch in diameter, which is attached to the sur- 

 face of the cell. The female appears to remain constantly near her eggs, not 

 even quitting the cell to procure food. 



Genus Argyroneta, Latr. 



6. Argyroneta aquatica. 



Argyroneta aquatica. Walck. Tabl. des Aran. p. 84. Latr. Genera Crust, et 

 Insect, t. i. p. 94. Hahn, Die Arachn. b. ii. p. 33. tab. xlix. fig. 118. Koch, 

 Die Arachn. b. viii. p. 60. tab. cclxix. fig. 636. 



I have been favoured with specimens oi Argyroneta aquatica, fvom the fens 

 of Cambridgeshire, by Charles C. Babington, Esq., M.A., of St. John's College, 

 Cambridge ; and Thomas Glover, Esq., of Smedley Hill, near Manchester, has 

 informed me that he has captured this species in small pools in Cheshire. 



Family CiNiFtoNioiE. 

 Genus Ciniflo, Blackw. 



7- Ciniflo ferox. 



Cluhionaferox. Walck. Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt. t. i. p. 606. ^^■^<^ 

 Amaurohius ferox. Koch, Die Arachn. b. vi. p. 41. tab. cxci. fig. 460, 461. 



Having recently ascertained that this spider has eight spinners, and has the 

 metatarsal joint of each posterior leg provided with a calamistrum, I no longer 

 hesitate to transfer it from the genera Clubiona and Amaurohius, in which it 

 has previously occupied a place, to the genus Ciniflo. Abounding in England 

 and Wales, and frequenting the same localities as Ciniflo atrox, which it closely 

 resembles in form, colour and economy, it is, notwithstanding its superior size, 

 very generally confounded with that species. 



