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feet, and here as in the White Mountains we found Linyphia 

 ncarctica on the small spruce and balsam trees and with it the 

 more widely diffused Tlieridion montamtm, and nearer the 

 ground Tlieridion se.rpunctatum. At about 4000 feet we spent 

 much time sifting the moss which grows thickly on the decay- 

 ing stumps, and the species here were the same as at a similar 

 elevation in the White Mountains Tlieridion se.rpunctatum, 

 Pedanostcthus fnscns, Lophocarenum castanemn, Lophocare- 

 iinm (Ttncticns) armatns, Tmcticus montanus, bidentatus and 

 truncahiSj Amaurobins tibialis and Gnaphosa bru mails. The 

 rarer Tmcticus microtarsus and Nematogmiis drassoides were 

 also found. Above the trees at 4500 feet were Pardosa un- 

 iata, muscicola and lutcola. We camped two nights on the 

 mountain and continued collecting near the summit and on 

 the way down. Another day was spent at Wilmington along 

 the lumber roads east of Mt. Whiteface, ascending gradually 

 from 1000 feet at the village to 2500 feet in the undisturbed 

 forest on the northern side of the mountain. The way passed 

 first through open and partly cultivated country and here we 

 found such familiar spiders as Theridion diffcrens and inura- 

 rium, Linyphia phrygiana, marginata and variabilis, Hclophora 

 insignis, Pardosa tachypoda and Dcndryphantcs flai'ipcdcs. 

 In the clearing at the highest part of the road were Tlieridion 

 montanum, Linyphia ncarctica, Diplostyla nigrina, Amaurobiits 

 borealis and Liocraninn calcaratum. 



After leaving Wilmington we spent a day at Saranac on the 

 boggy shores of one of the ponds. Here were Epcira stri.r, 

 corticaria and prornpta, the two species of Argiopc, Sing a 

 variabilis, Tctragnatha (Eucta) caudata and Sittacus palnstris. 

 The black and white bog variety of Epcira labyrinthca also 

 occurred on low plants around the edge of the bog, several 

 having, as in the bogs in Maine, large conical nests containing 

 the cocoons of eggs. Throughout the trip search was made, 

 in the small conifers, for Tlieridion zclotypitui, which extends 

 across Canada as far south as Sherbrooke and Ottawa, but it 

 was not found. Altogether no species of spiders were col- 

 lected, six of which need further study and may be described 

 as new. 



