A HISTORY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 



THOMISIDAE (continued') 



1 46. Oxyptila trux, Blackw. 

 Eakring Brail Wood. 



147. Philotiromus dispar, Walck. 



South Leverton (A. T.) ; N. Wheatley (T. C. B. C.). 



148. Pbilodromut aureolus, Clerck 



Abundant on heather, fir, and other trees in 

 woods and plantations throughout the county. 



149. Tibellus oblongus, Walck. 

 North Wheatley (T. C. B. C.) 



PISAURIDAE 



150. Pis aura mlrabltis, Clerck 



This, the only British representative of the 

 family, is a very large spider occurring in all 

 parts of the county on heaths and in woods, 

 where the female may be seen about mid- 

 summer running over the herbage with its 

 egg-sac attached beneath the cephalothorax. 

 Later on a large and conspicuous roughly 

 dome-shaped nest is constructed between the 

 upright stems of grasses, twigs of heather, etc., 

 and in this the egg-sac is enclosed and the 

 young are hatched out. 



The body of this spider is long and narrow, the 

 legs are long, with three tarsal claws ; the eight eyes 

 are arranged in three rows : four in the first row in a 

 transverse line slightly curved backwards, those of the 

 second and third rows forming a rectangle which is 

 wider than long. 



LYCOSIDAE 



Spiders with eight eyes in three rows as in the 

 Pisauridae, but the first row is straight. There are 

 three tarsal claws. Many species occur in woods, 

 running freely over the ground in bright sunshine. 

 The egg-sac is carried about attached to the spinners, 

 and the young are also carried for a time after hatch- 

 ing, crowded together upon the abdomen of the 

 mother. Some species lurk under stones, and some of 

 the larger make a burrow in the ground, which they 

 line with silk. No snare is constructed by members 

 of this family. 



151. Pirata hygnphllus, Thor. 



Annesley Park ; Roe Wood, Winkburn ; Eak- 

 ring Brail Wood. 



152. Pirata piraticus, Clerck 

 Radcliffe-on-Trent ; Cinder Hill Brickyard ; 



Oxton Bogs. 



153. Trochosa ruricola, De Geer 



Cinder Hill Brickyard ; Daybrook ; Wilford 

 Hill ; Wollaton ; Linby ; Worksop. North 

 Wheatley (T. C. B. C.); South Leverton 

 (A.T.). 



154. Trochosa terricola, Thor. 



Quarry near Bulwell Wood Hall ; Worksop. 

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



155. Trochosa picta, Hahn 



Worksop (J. T. H.) ; Barrow Hills, Everton. 



LYCOSIDAE (continued') 



156. Tarentula andrenivora, Walck. 



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

 Everton. 



157. Tarentula puheruknta, Clerck 



Quarry near Bulwell Wood Hall ; Barrow Hills, 

 Everton ; Sherwood Forest, Edwinstowe ; 

 Langford Moor ; Clipston Wolds ; Oxton 

 Bogs ; Roe Wood, Winkburn ; Eakring Brail 

 Wood. Worksop (J. T. H.) 



158. Lycosa amentata, Clerck 



Abundant, especially in woods, in every part of 

 the county. 



159. Lycosa nlgrlceps, Thor. 



Blidworth ; Edwinstowe ; Langford Moor. 



1 60. Lycosa pullata, Clerck 



1 6 1 . Lycosa lugubrls, Walck. 



This and the last species are widely distributed 

 and common in woods and rough waste places. 



162. Lycosa prativaga, C. L. Koch 



Edingley Hill, near Southwell ; Oxton Bogs ; 

 Eakring Brail Wood. 



163. Lycosa palustrls, Linn. 

 Eakring Brail Wood. 



164. Lycosa monticola, C. L. Koch 



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

 Everton ; Clipston Wolds. 



SALTICIDAE 



The spiders of this family are easily recognized by 

 the quadrate form of the cephalothorax, and by the 

 arrangement of the eyes in three rows, forming a large 

 quadrangle. The anterior row consists of four large 

 eyes, the two centrals being especially large and usually 

 iridescent ; the two forming the intermediate row are 

 minute, and the posterior two are of medium size. 

 These spiders spin no snare, but utilize their remark- 

 able leaping powers for the capture of their prey. 



165. Eplblemum icenicum, Clerck 



This is the common 'jumping spider" so often 

 seen running and leaping on walls in the hot 

 sunshine. It is distributed throughout the 

 county. I have found it at Southwell under 

 the bark of an old fence in company with 

 the next species. 



1 66. Epiblemum cingulatum, Panz. 



Worksop district (E. M. A. and J. T. H.) ; 

 Calverton Hill ; Oxton Bogs ; Blidworth ; 

 Southwell ; Langford Moor ; Budby. Found 

 on palings and under bark on old fences. 



167. Heltophanus flavlpes, C. L. Koch 



Barrow Hills, Everton ; Oxton Bogs ; Sherwood 

 Forest, Edwinstowe. 



1 68. Euopbrys JrontaRs, Walck. 



Warsop ; Worksop ; Budby South Forest (Sher- 

 wood Forest). 



169. Hasarius falcatus, Blackw. 



Sherwood Forest (G. W. C.) ; Langford Moor ; 

 Wigsley Wood. 



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