1924- Pack-Beresford — So})ie New and Rare Irish Spiders. 03 



Agyneta decora Camb. Microneta decora Camb. (D.R.P.B. Sup. 

 List Spid. I.). — Only six specimens of this rare spider have been found 

 in Ireland. I found a male and two females on Mt. Leinster, Co. Carlow, 

 as already recorded in my supplementary list (Proc. R. I. Acad., 1909) 

 and I have since taken two females at Fenagh, Co. Carlow, and a single 

 male near Kilrea in Co. Antrim. 



Agyneta subtilis Camb. Microneta suhtilis Camb. (D.R.P.B. Sup. 

 List Spid. I.); Neriene subtilis Camb. (Spid. Dorset). — Previously recorded 

 only from Counties Carlow and Kerry, a single female specimen only in 

 each case. I have taken another near Kilrea in Co. Derry, and found 

 another in the Museum from Ardara, Co. Donegal. I have now received 

 from Mr. R. A. Phillips a female from Templemore, Co. Tipperary, a 

 single male from Woodford, and two of each sex from near Menlough, Co. 

 Galway. Mr. H. Wallis Kew also found both sexes on Clare Island, Co. 

 Mayo. 



Centre merus arcanus Camb. Tmeticus arcanus Camb ; Linyphia 

 arcana Camb. (Spid. Dorset). — Mr. R. A. Phillips sent me a single 

 female of this species, taken by him at Woodford, Co. Galway, in 

 June, 1922. It had not occurred in Ireland before, and was kindly 

 identified for me by Dr. Jackson. It has been found in a good many 

 places in Great Britain, chiefly in mountainous districts. It was first 

 identified by Mr. Cambridge from the Cheviot Hills, and has since been 

 taken near the summit of Ben Lomond and the Hills of Glamorgan by 

 Dr. Jackson and also in the Cumbrian Hills and Pennines. 



On the Continent of Europe it is very rare, having been found, so far 

 as I have been able to discover, at only two spots in south-western France 

 and one in Hungary. 



Centromerus sylvaticus Bl. Tmeticus sylvaticus Bl. (Carpenter list 

 Spid. I.) — Professor Carpenter in his list recorded a single female taken 

 by Mr. J. N. Halbert in Co. Galw^ay, and Mr. R. A. Phillips has now sent 

 me another female which he found at Tineranny Wood, Co. Kilkenny, in 

 September, 1922. These are the only two specimens of this spider that 

 have yet been taken in Ireland. 



Centromerus expertus Cambr. Tmeticus expertus Camb. (Carpenter 

 List Spid. I.). — A single female of this species taken by Mr. R. A. Phillips 

 at Ferns, Co. Wexford, in September, 1921, extends its range into the 

 province of Leinster. He also sent me two males and one female from 

 Portumna, Co. Galway, which he took in December, 1922. These arc the 

 third and fourth records of this spider in Ireland. 



Porrhomma Campbellii F. Camb. — In the Irish Naturalist vol. xxix. 

 p. 32 (1920) I recorded the capture of a female of this species taken at 

 Fenagh, Co. Carlow, but by an unfortunate oversight I omitted to record 

 at the same time a single male taken under a stone by Mr. A. W. Stelfox 

 on September 19th, 191 4, near Connor Hill, Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry, 

 at a height of 1S50 ft. one mile cast of Connor Pass. 



