502 Mr. J. Blackwall on British Spiders. 



Yorkshire, in September 1855, was received from Mr. K. II. 

 Meade. 



Genus Walckenaera, Blackw. 



After Walckenaera humilis in the catalogue (Ann. and Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. 2nd Series, vol. ix. p. 465) add 



Walckenaera vafra. 



Walckenaera vafra, Blackw. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 2nd Series, 

 vol. xvii. p. 235. 



Adult males of Walckenaera vafra were discovered under 

 stones in the woods about Hendre House, near Llanrwst, in 

 October 1855. 



Family EpEiRiDiE. 



Genus Epeira, Walck. 



After Epeira calophylla in the supplement to the catalogue 

 (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 2nd Series, vol. x. p. 183) add 



Epeira acalypha, 



Epeira acalypha, Walck. Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt. t. ii. pp. 50 and 



501. 

 Epeira genistce, Hahn, Die Arachn. B. i. p. 1 1. tab. 3. fig. 7. 

 Zilla genistcBy Koch, Uebers. des Arachn. Syst. erstes Heft, p. 5. 

 Zilla decora, Koch, Uebers. des Arachn. Syst. erstes Heft, p. 5. 

 Zilla acalypha, Koch, Die Arachn. B. vi. p. 139. tab. 213. figs. 530, 



531. 



Seven females of this species were received from Mr. R. H. 

 Meade, who took them from their webs, which were constructed 

 among the twigs of gorse and other bushes growing in Buck- 

 inghamshire, in the last week of June 1856. 



After Epeira diadema in the catalogue (Ann. and Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. 2nd Series, vol. x. p. 188) add 



Epeira angulata. 



Epeira angulata, Koch, Uebers. des Arachn. Syst. erstes Heft, p. 2 ; 



Die Arachn. B. xi. p. 77. tab. 379. figs. 892-895. 

 Epeira cornuta, Walck. Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt. t. ii. p. 123. 



An adult female Epeira angulata, and an immature male which 

 had to undergo its final change of integument, were taken near 

 Blandford in Dorsetshire by Mr. 0. P. Cambridge, and were 

 forwarded to me in December 1856 by Mr. R. H. Meade. 



The descriptions of Epeira angulata given by arachnologists 

 are, in general, so brief and imperfect as to render any attempt 

 to reconcile the perplexed synonyma of this species almost 

 hopeless. 



