Mr. B. Boddington on the Effects of a StroJce of Lightning. 191 



my brother, Mr. Thomas Blackwall ; and perceive that there 

 is not only a great disparity in size, and a wide dissimilarity 

 in colour between the two species, (circumstances which might 

 be supposed to arise from a difference in age merely,) but that 

 they likewise differ very decidedly in figure and structure ; 

 thus clearly establishing the fact that they are specifically di- 

 stinct. The former has the mandibles much less prominent, 

 and the abdomen more nearly cylindrical than the latter; its 

 tarsi also are destitute of brushes, with which instruments 

 those oi Dysdera erythrina are pi'ovided. 



In adding another species to the solitary one at present 

 constituting the genus I)ysdera of M. Latreille, I avail myself 

 of the opportunity to confer upon it the name of that illustrious 

 naturalist, Avhose important researches have contributed so 

 largely to the advancement of arachnology. 



Crumpsall Hall, Aug. 10, 1832, 



XLII. A)i accurate Statement of Facts relative to a Stroke of 

 Lightning, \X!hich hap2>ened on the 13th ofAp-il 1832. By 

 Benjamin Boddington, Esq.* 



/^N Friday, the 13th of April 1832, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas 

 ^-^ F. Boddington, having partaken of some I'efreshment at 

 Tenbury, placed the servants inside their post-chariot, and 

 mounted themselves the barouche seat behind, that thev might 

 enjoy the scenery on the road to Bromyard, through the ra- 

 mifications of the Abberley Hills. It was about half-past three 

 when they left, the sun shining, and the sky serene ; but be- 

 fore they had proceeded far, they observed a dark and singu- 

 lar-looking cloutl to arise, nearly in the direction of their 

 route, and at the end of about three miles and a half a few 

 drops of rain began to fall : they debated whether they should 

 get inside the carriage, but agreed that the storm (for such 

 it appeared to be) was passing off to the right, and that it 

 would in all probability be only a slight shower, as the cloud 

 in their immediate vicinity, though peculiarly dark and angry- 

 looking, was of very small dimensions; — at this time a clap of 

 distant thunder was heard, but no lightning seen. Mr. Bod- 

 dington put up an umbrella ; but perceiving that it was an old 

 one, somewhat torn, (belonging to one of the servants,) he gave 

 it to his wife to hold over her bonnet, while he put up another ; 

 when in the act of extending the latter, a flash of lightning 

 struck them both scn;selcss, threw the horses on the ground, 

 and cast the post-boy to a considerable distance. The ser- 



• Coniinunicatcd hy Mi . Faiailay. 



