172 [J"iy' li^os- 



Cambridge on October 16tb, 1902, and a female on October 

 29th, 1901, which are unsatisfactory ; they have the legs 

 very much blackened, and the male has the spines beneath 

 the middle femora fewer and shorter ; perhaps the remark- 

 able time of the year may indicate a seasonal variety. 



5. S. Zelleri Lw. : I caught a male at Inveran on July 12th, 1886 ; 



Dr. Sharp captured one in the New Forest in June, 1902 ; 

 Col. Terbury caught one at Golspie on June 22nd, 1904, and 

 another at Nethy Bridge on July 27th, 1904 Those are the 

 only males I have seen, but Loew named as this species one 

 of two females taken at Landport near Lewes on October 

 16th, 1867. 



6. >S'. palUpes Fabr. : very common all over Britain, but very variable 



in the colour of the hind legs and in the presence or absence 

 of pale coloration about the base of the abdomen. 



7. S. sulcipes M.e\^. : a very conspicuousl}'^ distinct species. Common 



in the Lake District, Arran, Eannoch, and Braemar, while 

 Col. Terbury caught a male at Barmouth. 



25. ACHALCUS Lw. 



1 (2) Tliorax cinereous 1. cinereus Walk. 



2 (1) Thorax ferruginous 2. JlavicoRis Meig. 



1. A. cinereus Walk. : according to Eaddatz this occurs in winter 



amongst the dry stems of reeds, and I find that the only 

 satisfactory specimens which I possess were two females 

 caught at Chippenham Fen on March 27th and April 3rd, 

 1893, and one female at the " Eecd Pond " near Lewes on 

 May 12th, 1875. The species probably only requires to be 

 sought for in February in places where Arundo phragmites 

 exists in the form of dead stalks and leaves. I caught a 

 male which may belong to this species at Thetford on 

 June 17th, 18S0, but I do not give its identification vfith 

 any confidence. 



2. A. flavicollis Meig. : Walker says " Eare. (E.I.)," and my 



supposed specimens are most unsatisfactory. I may have 

 caught it at Fawley in Hampshire and at Three Bridges in 

 Sussex, and possibly at Ullswater, but more and better 

 specimens are wanted for certain identification. 



{To be continued) . 



