114 NEW AND RARE BlUTISH SPIPERS. " 



THOMISID^. 



OXYPTILA SANCTUARIA. 



Oxyptila sanduaria, Cambr. Spid. Dors., p. 319. 



Thomisus sa7ichiarms, Cambr. Trans. Linn. Soc, xxvii., p. 405, 

 pi. 54, No. 8. 



Several adult males were found on the Rectory Walls at 

 Bloxworth in August and. September, 1893, and one near Penzance 

 by A, W. P. Cambridge in August. The female appears to have 

 as yet escaped detection, 



MiCROMMATA VIRESCENS. 



SjMi'assus smaragdulus, Walck., Bl. Si)id., Great Brit, and 

 Ireland, p. 112, pi. v., fig 61. 



A7U7ieus virescens, Clerck. Sim., Spid., p. 138, pi. vi., Tab. 3. 



Micrommata virescens, Clck., Cambr. Spid. Dors., p. 341. 



On the 5th of May, 1893, I found at Bloxworth the first adult 

 male of this large and strikingly handsome spider I had ever met 

 with in Dorset. In the immature state, and occasionally adult 

 in the female sex, I liave known it in our woods for many years. 

 The bright green colour and vivid scarlet stripes of the male make 

 it a beautiful and very showy object running over the woodland 

 lierbage. Why the male should be so scarce in the adult state it 

 is not easy to conjecture. 



LYCOSID^. 



Trochosa biunguiculata. 



Trochosa hiunguictdata, Cambr. Spid. Dors., p. 544, and 

 Annals Scottish Nat. Histy., 1894, p. 23, pi. 1, fig 1. 



The adult female (new to Science) was sent to me by Mr. G. IT. 

 Cirpenter from Scotland, where it was found at Aviemore by Mr. 

 W. Evans in 1893. It is very like the male, but more distinctly 

 marked and more richly coloured. 



Lycosa Traillii. 

 Lycosa TrmUii, Camln-. Spid. Dors., p. 545. 



