no The Irish Naturalist. June, 



with femur almost equally broad near base and near extremity, towards 

 middle distinctly concave behind with corresponding convexity in front, 

 tibia scarcely or not broader than femur, membranous opening about \ 

 front margin (stalk excluded), hand variable more or less tumid and of 

 only moderate length (in female more voluminous than in male), 

 fingers much longer than hand, teeth of fixed finger tapering and 

 rounded at tip with broader higher sharply pointed ones at intervals, 

 teeth of movable finger distinct ; ,legs iv. with tarsus- much longer than 

 tarsus 1 (at least 1-3). L. 2-8 mm. 



In woods, and in open country, from sea-level to near the tops of 

 mountains ; common and widely distributed. Ui^STER. — Lough Gilly, 

 Co. Armagh (Johnson); Poyntzpass, Co. Armagh (Johnson); Kinbaue, 

 Co. Antrim (Welch) ; Ballycastle, Co. Antrim (Welch). Connaught.— 

 Leenane, Co. Galway (Halbert); Delphi, Co. Mayo (Halbert). 

 LeinstER. — Lucan, Co. Dublin (ScharfF) ; Ovoca, Co. Wicklow^; Bray, 

 Co. Wicklow (vScharff) ; Fenagh, Co. Carlow (Pack-Beresford). 

 MuNSTER. — Glandore, Co. Cork (Halbert) ; Killarney and Kenmare, Co. 

 Kerry (Halbert) ; Cloonee Loughs, Co. Kerry (H.W.K.). 



2. OUIsium Carpenter!, nom. nov. 



O. muscoytun (Leach) Simon (7) ; by mistake. 



Palps reddish-horny, perhaps tinged with olive, cephalothorax 

 and abdominal tergites deep olive the former with reddish tinge, legs 

 horn3\ Cephalothorax with median process prominent ; chelicerae with 

 tubercle of movable finger moderately high convex, teeth of fixed 

 finger rather small ; palps with femur increasing slightly from near base 

 to near extremity, towards middle slightly concave behind with 

 corresponding slight convexity in front, tibia distinctly but not greatly 

 broader than distal part of femur, membranous opening about \ front 

 margin (stalk excluded), hand rather long and broad (in female distinctl}' 

 voluminous), fingers longer than hand, teeth of fixed finger abruptly 

 pointed uniform (without larger ones at intervals), teeth of movable 

 finger in most part almost obsolete; legs iv. with tarsus ^ scarcely 

 longer than tarsus ^ L. 3"3 mm. 



On a rocky wooded hillside ; under a fragment of rock (one), in 

 moulting and brood nests under outer bark of Arbutus trees (seven). 

 MuNSTER.— Glengariff, Co. Cork(H.W.K.). 



3. Obislum maritimum, Leach. 



0. tiiaritimum, Leach (8). 



0. littorale^ Moniez (9). 



Palps rich horny-brown (not reddish), cephalothorax and abdominal 

 tergites deep olive-horny, legs greenish. Cephalothorax with median 

 process prominent; chelicerae with tubercle of movable finger long 

 rather low subangular, teeth of fixed finger large ; palps with femur 

 gradually increasing from near base to near extremit}', in front and 

 behind nearly straight, tibia distinctly but not greatly wider than distal 

 part of femur, membranous opening about \ of front (stalk excluded), 



