A HISTORY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 



DRASSIDAE (continued) 



1 8. Z.ora maeulata, Blackw. 



Eakring Brail Wood ; Roe Wood, Winkburn ; 

 Sherwood Forest, Edwinstowe ; Langford 

 Moor. 



19. Anyphoena accentuata, Walck. 



Epperstone Park; Langford Moor; Eakring Brail 

 Wood ; Wigsley Wood ; Roe Wood, Wink- 

 burn. Occurs on the foliage of various trees, 

 but is not very common, although widely dis- 

 tributed. 



20. Agroeca brunnea, Blackw. 

 Langford Moor, under bark. 



DICTYNIDAE 



Spiders with eight eyes in two transverse curved 

 rows, those of each lateral pair being close together. 

 There are three tarsal claws, and the calamistrum and 

 cribellum are present in all the species. 



21. Dictyna arundinacea, Linn. 



Onheatherand rushes, common; Langford Moor; 

 Budby Carr; Wigsley Wood. 



22. Dictyna uncinata, Westr. 



Wilford ; Lambley ; Budby, Sherwood Forest ; 

 N. Wheatley (T. C. B. C.). 



23. Dictyna pusllla, Westr. 



Sherwood Forest (G. W. C.). 



24. Dictyna latens, Fab. 



Barrow Hills, Everton (A. T.). 



25. Lethla humilis, Blackw. 



N. Wheatley (T. C. B. C.) ; Langford Moor. 



26. Amauroblus ferox, Walck. 



Nottingham, in cellars. Worksop (J. T. H.) ; 

 N. Wheatley (T. C. B. C.) ; Barrow Hills, 

 Everton. 



A very large dark and forbidding-looking spider, 

 common in cellars and outbuildings, but occurring 

 ilso under stones and logs far away from houses. 



27. Amaurobius simi/is, Blackw. 



An abundant house-spider, occurring in cellars 

 and outhouses, in crevices in walls, under 

 boards, etc. The tubular snares are familiar 

 objects in crevices of the sandstone rock in 

 and about Nottingham. 



28. Amaurobius fenestralis, Stroem. 



Abundant under loose bark on old palings, logs, 

 and trees ; also occasionally under stones and 

 the copings of walls. 



AGELENIDAE 



The members of this family have eight eyes placed 

 in two more or less curved rows, those of the lateral 

 pairs not being contiguous to each other. The legs 

 are hairy and spinose, and three tarsal claws are 

 present. Calamistra and cribellum are absent. 



29. Cryphoeca silvicola, G. L. Koch 

 Blidworth. 



30. Cryphoeca diverse, Cambr. 

 Sherwood Forest (G. W. C.). 



AGELENIDAE (continued} 



31. Coehtes atropos, Walck. 



Pleasley Vale, under stones. 

 3 2. Argyroneta ajuatica, Latr. 



Ditches near the Trent, Lenton ; pool near 



Trent Bridge, Nottingham. 



This is the large and well-known ' water-spider,' 

 which can swim and dive with ease, and constructs its 

 silken dome-shaped nest beneath the surface of the 

 water. 



33. Tegenaria parietina, Fourcr. 

 Worksop (J. T. H.). 



34. Tegenaria derhamii, Scop. 



An abundant house spider everywhere in the 

 county. 



HAHNIIDAE 



The spiders of this family have usually been in- 

 cluded in the Agelenidae, but may be distinguished, 

 as pointed out by the Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 

 by the disposition of the six spinners in a single 

 transverse nearly straight row, the two outside ones 

 representing those of the usual superior pair being 

 the largest and the longest. 



35. Habnla montana, Blackw. 



Langford Moor, among dead leaves on the ground 

 under pine trees. 



THERIDIIDAE 



A very large family, including spiders mostly of 

 small size with relatively large, often nearly globular, 

 abdomens. The eight eyes are situated in two curved 

 transverse adjacent rows, the four centrals forming a 

 quadrangle. Three tarsal claws are present. 



36. Eplslnus truncatus, Walck. 



Langford Moor. 



37. Theridion formosum, Clerck 

 Langford Moor. 



38. Theridion sisyphlum, Clerck 



Rather common amongst the foliage of trees and 

 shrubs in many localities throughout the 

 county. 



A handsome spider, with the abdomen beautifully 

 variegated with reddish, brown, yellow, and white 

 markings. 



39. Theridion vittatum, C. L. Koch (T. pulchellum, 

 Walck.) 



Langford Moor ; Sherwood Forest, near Edwin- 

 stowe; Widmerpool ; Crown End Wood, 

 West Leake. 



40. Theridion denticulattim, Walck. 



A pretty little spider occurring in all parts of 

 the county. 



41. Theridion simile, C. L. Koch 



Langford Moor, beaten from heather, etc. 



42. Theridion variant, Hahn 



Widely distributed, and common in some locali- 

 ties : found among heather, foliage, on palings 

 in gardens, etc. 



43. Theridion tine turn, Walck. 



Langford Moor, beaten from heather. 



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