igti. PACK-'BiiRESPom) —Some' JVc'7l' Jn's/i Spiders. 177 



of these females in company with an adult male. On sending the pair 

 to Dr. Jackson, he nt once recognised them as belonging to the above 

 rare species. 



It was taken originally in Newtown Moss, Penrith, by Mr. Frederick 

 Cambridge, in April, 1.S93, the only locality from whicii it has since 

 been recorded being Watton in Norfolk, where a single specimen was 

 taken by Mr. Freston, and described by the Rev. O. P. Cambridge under 

 the name of B. spretus. He has, however, since come to the conclusion 

 that it belongs to this species. 



It has not yet been found on the Continent of Europe. 

 Hyptiotes paradoxus (C. L. Koch). 



MUNSTER. 



Mr. H. Wallis Kew first discovered this spider in Ireland, in August, 

 1909, at Glengariff, Co. Cork, where he took iifteen specimens, all adult 

 females. He describes his most interesting capture in a delightful paper 

 in the Irish Naturalist for April, 1910. 



In England it was first noted in 1864 in Cumberland, and was again 

 taken in 1894-5 by the Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge and ]\Ir. Warburton 

 in the New Forest. 



It is recorded from a few localities in France (Simon), and Hungary 

 (Kulcz). 



Euophrys petrensis (C. L. Koch). 



CONNAUGHT. UlSTKR. 



I took a number of immature specimens of this tiny Attid at Carrowroe, 

 near Costello, Co. Galway, in July, 1909, and some mature specimens 

 under stones on Fair Head, Co. Antrim, in August of the same year. 



In England it has been found only in Dorset, Hampshire, and Cumber- 

 land. ]M. Simon records it from France, Sweden, and Germany. 



Fenagh House, Bagenalstown. 



"IGNIS FATUUS" Fi:i^5f/S-," LUMINOUS OWLS." 



BY PASTOR C. LINDNER. 



On my way to Mr. R.J. Ussher, with whom I have had a 

 very dehghtful ornithological excursion, I had heard in 

 London about " Luminous Owls," and when I was asked for 

 my opinion I said that I did not believe in the existence of 

 luminous birds. Before I read the notes by Mr. Moffat in 

 the Irish Naturalist, {szipra p. 127), I remarked : I suppose 

 that those puzzling luminous owls must be a mistake, and 



