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Britain, is one of the most beautiful among the many remarkable 

 forms of micro-fungi growing on old dung. It was found by Mr. 

 E. S. Salmon. 



At the next Fungus Foray of the Club it is intended to 

 make an exhibit of drawings of some Essex Micro-Fungi. 



FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS THE 

 KNOWLEDGE OF THE ARACHNIDA OF 

 EPPING FOREST. 



By F. O. PICKARD-CAMBRIDGE, B.A. 



A first contribution towards the knowledge of the Arachnida 

 (Spiders," Harvestmen," "False-scorpions" and Mites) of Epping 

 Forest was published in the Trans. Essex Field Club in 1883 

 (vol. iv., pp. 41 — ^49), by my uncle, the Rev. O. Pickard-Cam- 

 bridge. There has not, to my knowledge, been any serious 

 collecting done in the Forest itself, or even in the County of 

 Essex, since that time, except by myself in the Dunmow district 

 in i88g. 



This year, however, through the zealous energy of Mr. 

 William Cole, the subject was again brought to the attention of 

 Members of the Field Club, and on the occasion of the Annual 

 Fungus-Foray a definite effort was made to increase the know- 

 ledge of this group already gained and to add to the published list 

 of species. 



Although the Foray was held rather late in the season for 

 arachnologicai research (for the majority of spiders have by that 

 time retired into winter quarters), still a very encouraging addition 

 was made to the list, chiefly through the efforts of Mr. F. P. 

 Smith, whose articles on British Spiders now appearing in 

 Science Gossip will, it is hoped, arouse some interest in the 

 subject amongst Field Naturalists in general. 



Altogether, on the occasion of the Fungus-Foray on October 

 6th, igoo, 42 species of spiders, including one " Harvestman," 

 were added to the previous list which accounted for 57 species 

 of spiders, 3 " Harvestmen," 3 " False-scorpions," and 4 Mites. 



Amongst those added were a few of the largest and most 

 interesting of British spiders— A niauyobius feyox, fur instance, a 



