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species in hot-houses at Castlewellan, Co. Down, It has only occurred in 

 a few southern counties, usually in caves or cellars, though I have taken a 

 few specimens in the open. 



Lephthyphantes cristatus Menge. Linyphia cristata Cb. (Spid. Dorset). 

 — Not at all a common spider, and so far only found in a few localities in 

 Ulster and Leinster, Mr. R. A. Phillips has now sent me a single female 

 from near Gort in Co. Galway, taken in June, 1923. 



Linyphia impigra Cambr. Lephthyphantes cultiis Cambr. (Carpenter 

 List Spid. I.). — In " A list of Irish Spiders " Professor Carpenter records 

 the occurrence of a single female spider collected near Dublin, and des- 

 cribed by the Rev. O. P. Cambridge under the name Lephthyphantes 

 cultus in 1893. This spider remained somewhat of a mystery till 1916, 

 when Dr. A. R. Jackson, looking over some of Mr. Cambridge's specimens, 

 discovered it to be a female of Linyphia impigra, first described by Mr. 

 Cambridge in 1871. 



In May, 1921, Mr. R. A. Phillips took a single male near Waterford, 

 which Dr. Jackson has kindly named for me, and which proves to be the 

 same species. 



Linyphia impigra is a very rare spider, having so far as I can discover, 

 only been found at some three or four localities in Dorset and Sussex. 

 It is also recorded from three localities in Hungary by Prof. Kulczynski, 

 and a single immature female is recorded by Mr. Simon from south- 

 eastern France. 



Bolyphantes luteolus Bl. Linyphia alticeps Bl. (Spid. G.B.I.).^ — 

 Professor Carpenter records this species only from Leinster and Ulster, 

 in his list, but I find from a note of his that he received a pair in September, 

 1897, from the Galtees, Co. Tipperary, and Mr. R. Welch got a single 

 female on Brandon Mt., Co. Kerry, at over 1,500 ft. in 19 10, and I got 

 another on Croaghpatrick, Co. Mayo, in 191 1. I have taken this species 

 in low country, but it seems usually to inhabit mountains. 



Eugnatha striata L. Koch. — This species was originally recorded as 

 Irish in my Supplementary List of Irish Spiders (Proc. R. I. Academy, 

 1909) from a single immature male taken by Mr. Halbert in Co. Sligo in 

 1 90 1. In August, 192 1, Mr. R. A. Phillips captured another immature 

 male on the lake shore at Portumna, Co. Galway. 



Epeira patagiata CI. Araneiis patagiatiis CI. (Carpenter list Spid. I.) — 

 Mr. R. A. Phillips took an adult female of this species on Corrakean Island, 

 Lough Derg, Co. Tipperary, in June, 1921, and I received another taken 

 on Ram's Island, Lough Neagh, Co. Antrim. It had previously been 

 found on the shore of Lough Corrib, Co. Galway ; at Athlone ; and at 

 Glenveagh, Co. Donegal (Prof. Carpenter's List), 



Pirata hygrophilus Thorell. — Professor Carpenter only records a single 

 male from Co. Limerick and a single female from Co. Roscommon. I 



