THE MOUNT DESERT REGION 51 1 



Order ARANEIDA (Spiders) 



Uloboridae 



Hyptiotes Walckeuaer 



Jf. cavatus (Hentz). In underbrush, uncommon. The Bowl, 

 base of Newport Mountain. On spruce in woods, one female, 

 September 22, 1935. Bass Harbor, August 21, 1901 

 (Britcher). 



DlCTYNIDAE 

 Dictyna Sundevall 



D. arundinaceoides Keyserling. These spiders build con- 

 spicuous nests in dead goldenrod or similar plants. Gen- 

 erally distributed around the edges of fields. Stations F402, 

 F242, Bass Harbor (Britcher), Town Hill, Nurseries. June 

 24-Oetober 3. 



D. cRuciATA Emerton. One young female, October 6, 1931. 

 F39. 



D. maxima Banks. Hemlock Road woods, May 28. 



D. muraria Emerton. One young male, middle of August. 

 Bay Shore Drive. Bass Harbor, August 21, 1901 (Britcher). 



D. phylax Gertsch and Ivie. Station F400. 



D. sublata (Hentz) (volupis Keyserling). Common in woods. 

 The Bowl, Ireson Hill, base of Newport Mountain, Duck 

 Brook Path, Half Moon, Hemlock Road woods. F418, two 

 males, F416, male and female. Males in May ; females dur- 

 ing most of summer. Bass Harbor, August 21 (Britcher). 



SCOTOLATHYS Simon 



S. pallida (Marx). Hill in Sec. 40, sifting. July 14, one 

 female. 



Amaurobius C. L. Koch 



A. bennetti (Blackwall). Under bark on stumps and under 

 logs and stones in woods. Mature females common from 

 June to August; males not taken but appear in early spring. 



