TAB. CXIX. 



SPH^RIA ACUTA. Relban. Fl. Cant. Supp. 3. p. 34, 

 Hoffm. 22. tab. c,.f. 2. 



1 HE Rev. Mr. Relhan firft obferved this fpecies in 

 England. It is moft common, late in the winter and 

 early in fpring, on the decayed ftalks of herbage, 

 particularly nettles, under hedges by the fides of 

 ditches. Sec. 



TAB. CXX. 



SPH^RIA TENTACULATA. Batfch. Jig. 183. 



1 FIND this moft common in Kenfington Gardens 

 in damp places on rotten pieces of timber, the lower 

 part immerfed in the remains of the bark or in the 

 wood. The cylindrical mouths are vifible to the 

 naked eye like little bundles of hair. The adjacent 

 wood is fometimes ftained with black. 



