502 Mr. J. Blackwall on British Spiders. 



Yorkshire, in September 1855, was received from Mr. 11. II. 

 Meade. 



Genus JValckenaera, Blackw. 



After JValckenaera humilis in the catalogue (Ann. and Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. 2ud Series, vol. ix. p. 465) add 



JValckenaera vafra. 



JT^alckenaera vafra, Blackw. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 2nd Series, 

 vol. xvii. p. 235. 



Adult males of JValckenaera vafra were discovered under 

 stones in the woods about Hendre House, near Llanrwst, in 

 October 1855. 



Family Epeirid^. 



Genus Ep'eira, Walck. 



After Ep'eira calophylla in the supplement to the catalogue 

 (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 2nd Series, vol. x. p. 183) add 



Ep'eira acalypha. 



Epeira acalypha, Walck. Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt. t. ii. pp. 50 and 



501. 

 Epeira genistcB, Hahn, Die Arachn. B. i. p. 11. tab. 3. fig. 7. 

 Zilla genistee, Koch, Uebers. des Arachn. Syst. erstes Heft, p. 5. 

 ZiUa decora, Koch, Uebers. des Arachu. Syst. erstes Heft, p. 5. 

 Zilla acalypha, Koch, Die Arachn. B. vi. p. 139. tab. 213. figs. 530, 



531. 



Seven females of this species were received from Mr. R. H. 

 Meade, who took them from their webs, which were constructed 

 among the twigs of gorse and other bushes growing in Buck- 

 inghamshire, in the last week of June 1856. 



After Ep'eira diadema in the catalogue (Ann. and Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. 2nd Series, vol. x. p. 188) add 



Ep'eira angulala. 



Epeira angulata, Koch, Uebers. des Arachn. Syst. erstes Heft, p. 2 ; 



Die Arachn. B. xi. p. //. tab. 379. figs. 892-895. 

 Epeira cornuta, Walck. Hist. Nat. des Insect. Ajit. t. ii. p. 123. 



An adult female Ep'iiira angulata, and an immature male which 

 had to undergo its linal change of integument, were taken near 

 Blandford in Dorsetshire by Mr. O. P. Cambridge, and were 

 forwarded to me in December 1856 by ]Mr. R. H. Meade. 



The descriptions of Ep'eira anyidata given by arachnologists 

 are, in general, so brief and imperfect as to render any attempt 

 to reconcile the perplexed synonyma of this species almost 

 hopeless. 



