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on the south. Linyphia limitanea is also fouad through the whole 



area except the most southern stations. It is most abundant on 



trees growing near lakes and rivers. Linyphia nearctica appeared 



only at Kettle Rapids, the most northern station. It had pre- 

 viously been found at Nipigon, Montfort and Lake St. John and 

 onthe coast of Maine and Labrador. For its eastern distribution 

 see the Canadian Entomologist for January, 1917. With these 

 species occurred usually Lophocarenum decemoculatum, Grammonota 

 pictilis and occasionally Dipena nigra and Tilla montana, and in 

 the southern part of the range Theridion montannm. ' /Vmong the 

 spiders without webs the most common was Dendryphantes flavi- 

 pedes and in the" southern part Dendryphantes militaris_ and D. 

 aestivalis. The rarer D. montanus of the White Mountains oc- 

 curred at Kettle Rapids, and with it Sittaciis rainieri of the Rocky 

 Mountains. Half-way along the railroad were found the rare 

 Hahrocestum {Euophrys) criiciata of the White Mountains, and 

 also rare Epeira aculeata of Laggan and Jasper. The Lycosidae 

 were of species already known to extend across the continent. 

 As usual where the ground is covered with sphagnum but few 

 spiders were found in it, but in the southern part of the region 

 where the land is higher and drainage better other mosses and 

 leaf mold accumulate and the usual transcontinental spiders occur, 

 Pedanostethus fusciis, Tmeticus montanus, Hahnia agilis, Bathy- 

 phantes subalpina and Amaurohius borealis. At Minaki a new 

 Lophocarenum was found, closely resembling L. scidptum of the 

 west coast and L. excavatum of the east coast. In the bog at 

 Minaki was the black and white variety of Epeira labyrinthea with 

 nests hung in the stiff grass near the ground as in bogs of Maine 

 and New York. 



Outside of the spruce forest area a little collecting was done 

 at Dauphin and Winnipeg, and around the home of Mr. Criddle 

 at Aweme. At the latter place two species of burrowing spiders. 

 Lycosa missouriensis and Lycosa wrightii were found in great 

 numbers in the sandy fields, as they are around Chicago and along 

 t-he Great Lakes. At Dauphin and around the ponds at Cochrane 

 occurred Singa canipestris a species living in tall grass and before 

 found at Kenora and Edmonton. 



