500 Mr. J. Blackwall on the Str-uctvre, Functions , (Economy, 



Family Agelenid^. 

 Genus Agelena, Walck. 



Agelena montana. 



Subjoin the following statement to the remarks on this species 

 recorded in the catalogue (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 2nd 

 Series, vol. viii. p. 102). In August 1852 both sexes, in a state 

 of maturity, were found among moss in woods on the slopes of 

 Ihe same mountain (Gallt y Rhyg). 



Genus Tegenaria, Walck. 



After Tegenaria civilis in the catalogue (Ann. and Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. 2nd Series, vol. viii. p. 334) add 



Tegenaria silvicola. 



Tegenaria silvicola, Walck. Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt. t. iv. p. 464. 

 Hahnia silvicola, Koch, DieArachn. B.xii.p. 158. tab. 432. figs. 1076, 

 1077. 



An adult female Tegenaria silvicola was captured in Norfolk 

 by the Rev. Hamlet Clark early in May 1854, and another spe- 

 cimen was taken by Mr. R. H. Meade in Buckinghamshire in 

 the autumn of the same year. 



Family Theridiid^e. 

 Genus Theridion, Walck. 



Theridion pallens. 



Add the following synonym of this species to the synonyma 

 given in the catalogue (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 2nd Series, 

 vol. viii. p. 445). 



Theridion minimum, Wider, Museum Senckenb. B. i. p. 249. taf. 17. 

 fig. 2 ; Walck. Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt. t. ii. p. 320. 



In the remarks on Theridion pallens, expunge the words " in a 

 small globular cocoon of white silk of a loose texture,^^ and sub- 

 stitute for them the following description : — in a pyriform co- 

 coon having several conical prominences disposed in a circle 

 round its greatest circumference ; it is composed of a tissue of 

 fine, compact, white silk, and measures ^ths of an inch in 

 length and ^^th in diameter. 



Theridion flavo-maculatum. 



The following particulars relative to this species should be 

 added to those given in the supplement to the catalogue (Ann. 

 and Mag. Nat. Hist. 2nd Series, vol. xi. p. 118). In confirma- 



