106 NEW AND RARE BRITISH SPIDERS. 



in spirit of wine, dull and lustreless. In the male they are scarcely 

 visible at any time. The whole spider after some time becomes, 

 in spirit of wine, of a dull yellow-brown hue ; from these facts, 

 and from a considerable variation in size, it happened that indi- 

 viduals of this species were formerly at various times described as 

 distinct species. 



THERIDIIDiE. 

 Pedanostethus neglectus. 



Neriene neglect a, Cambr. Spid. Dors., p. 121, 



The male only of this spider was described I.e. supra. An 

 adult female — the only example I have yet seen — was found by 

 C. 0. P. Cambridge among moss at Bloxworth in June, 1893. It 

 resembles the male in its general characters and colour, but 

 is a little larger, and the form of the genital aperture is very 

 characteristic. 



Microneta decora. 



Neriene decora, Cambr. Spid. Dors., p. 492. 



Microneta cli/peata, F. P. Cambr. Ann. and Mag., N.H., Ser. 

 6, Vol. xiii., 1894, p. 90. 



Careful comparison of the types of the above tAvo species prove 

 them to be identical. The examples from which 31. clypeata was 

 described were found in Newtown Moss, Penrith, Cumberland, in 

 April, 1893, by the Rev. F. P. Cambridge. 



Microneta saxatilis. 

 Neriene saxatilis, Bl. Cambr., Spid. Dors., p. 124. 

 ,, Camphellii, Cambr. I.e., p. 590. 



,, rustica, Cambr. I.e., p. 592. 

 The careful examination of structural characters, difficult to be 

 accurately seen excepting under a microscope, proves the above 

 three spiders to be identical in their species. 



GONGYLIDIUM MORUM. 



Gongylidium morum, Cambr. Annals of Scottish Nat. llisty., 

 1894, p. 21, ph 1, fig 'Z. 



