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blanee to a SnrcopJiofja, which is perhaps increased by the fact that 

 the bend of the fourth vein is provided with a short iippendix, — in 

 this case, however, a genuine stump, not a fold {ZinJcenfaUe of 

 German authors) as in Sarcopliaga. The ? from Tarrington 

 is 10 mm. in length, and the shimmering pollinose patches on the 

 aeneous abdomen are very conspicuous in different positions ; in this 

 specimen the second and thii-d joints of the antenna are approxi- 

 mately equal in length : the scutellum, as indicated by Girschner, 

 is entirely dark. A remarkable characteristic of E. pectinata, in the 

 ? sex at any rate, is the absence of fronto-orbital bristles from the 

 middle area of the front ; this has already been alluded to, although 

 somewhat vaguely, by Girschner (Wien. Ent. Z., 1898, p. 152). In 

 the Museum specimen, after the two uppermost fronto-orbital 

 bristles, there is a gap, which is filled merely by fine hairs, and the 

 bristles only re-appear about 1 or 1| mm. above the base of the 

 antennae. For further notes on this species the reader should 

 consult Girschner (Wien. Ent. Z., loc. c/'f.). 



Of Erigone iniermedia, Tiii., Col. Terbury took three $ ^ and 

 three ? ? at Porthcawl, Glamorganshire, South Wales, between 

 May 12 and July 1, 1903 inclusive. This is a blackish species of 

 moderate size (length 8 to 9 mm.) with faint bands of greyish pollen 

 on the abdominal segments from the second to the fourth, and with 

 the front tarsi but little expanded in the ? . All of the specimens 

 taken by Col. Yerbury show a very small appendix at the bend of 

 the fourth vein, as also a small costal spine. 



Erigone truncata, Ztt., is represented by a series of seventeen 

 specimens, of which eleven (eight (J(^,and three ? ?) were taken 

 at Aviemore, Tnverness-shire, between May 19 and July 5, 1904, inclu- 

 sive ; the remainder include a ^ from Glenmore, Inverness-shire, June 

 1, 1904 ; two ^ ^ and two ? ? from Golspie, Sutherlandshire, July 

 11-29, 1904 ; and a single ? from Porthcawl, Glamorganshire, June 4, 

 1903. The length of the <$ S varies from 7 to 9 mm., that of the ? ? 

 from about 8 to 9| mm. This is a rather pretty little species, which 

 may be recognised by the broad bands of silvery-grey pollen on the 

 abdominal segments from the second to the fourth ; these bands 

 occupy rather more than the anterior half of each segment, though 

 towards the middle line they become less distinct in certain lights. 

 The species is further distinguished by the elongation of the second 

 joint of the arista, and by the great breadth of the third joint of the 

 antenna in the ^ . There is a well-marked appendix to the bend of 

 the fourth vein, and a conspicuous costal spine. It is pointed out by 



