NOTES ON EPPING FOREST SPID1:RS. . 23 



Hasarius falcatus, ^ and Q. A pretty " jiimping-spider," 

 not uncommon on heather. 



Ballus depressus. A rather rare species, of which several 

 specimens have been found in the Forest, and a couple 

 of females upon the walls of the Fast London Water 

 Works, Lea Bridge. 



Theridion formosum. One of the most beautiful and 

 striking of our indigenous spiders. It varies greatly in 

 point of colour, but may be easily recognised by the 

 excessive elevation of its abdomen,which might be almost 

 termed subconical. The snare is very extensive and is 

 usually stretched between the trunk of a tree and a thick 

 bough, almost invariably below the latter. The pale 

 brown egg-sacs, several in number, are hidden in a few 

 fragments of dead leaves, or a single rolled leaf, placed 

 in the centre of the snare. The spider falls at once 

 when disturbed and " feigns death "^ with great tenacity. 



Phyllonethis lineata. A delicate yellowish or greenish 

 white little spider, often ornamented with scarlet 

 abdominal hands. 



Microneta viaria, $ . A rare species. I had previously 

 taken only the female in the Forest. 



Erigone dentipalpis. A common species on grasslands. 



Aranea cucurbitina. A beautiful spider with reddish 



thorax and green abdomen. 

 Numerous immature specimens of Philodi'omus, Linijphia, 

 Tetragnafha, Aranea, dc, were also found. 



FURTHER ADDITIONS TO EPPING FOREST. 



SINCE our last paper on this subject (E.N., Vol. xi., pp. 

 268-70) several important increments to the open lands 

 have been reported by the Epping Forest Committee. 



The arrangement with Mr. Melles, whereby in exchange for 

 certain way leaves, 13 acres adjoining the Yardley Hill estate, 

 Sewardstone, were conveyed to the Conservators without 

 payment {I.e. p. 268), has now been carried out, and all will admit 



I See note on this habit in the last volume (Vol. XII. p. 281). 



