A HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE 



CRYPTOCERATA 



NEPIDAE 



. in ponds 



NoTONECTIDAE 



in ponds. 



REDUVIINA (continued) 

 CAPSIDAE (continued) 



Psallus Rotermundi, Scholtz. Netalovm Linfird. On 

 white poplar (Stanyon) ; Leicester (Marshall) 



Falleni, Reut. Bardon Hill 



alnicola, D. & S. Leicester 



lepidns, Fieb. Netvttwn Harcourt (Stanyon) 



varians, H. Schf. Bardon Hill 



salicellus, Meyer. Lea Lane 

 Pl.igiognathus, Fieb. 



arbustorum, F. Braunstone 

 - viridulus, Fall. c. 



saltitans, Fall. 



Nepa, L. 



cinerea, L. 



Notonecta, L. 

 glauca, L. 



Corixa, Geoffr. 



semistriata, Fieb. 



COKIXIDAB 



ARACHNIDA 



Spiders 

 The following species have been taken by Messrs. W. J. Kaye and C. B. Chalcraft : 



LYCOSIDAE 

 LYCOSA 



Lycosa campestris, Blackwall 



Very common. Found running on the ground 



Lycosa saccata, Blackwall 



Very common. Always found in large numbers 

 together ; found in profusion in such places as dung- 

 heaps and places where straw is laid 



DOLOMEDES 



Dolomedes mirabilis, Latreille 



Found running on the ground among long grass, 

 and carries its egg sac under the sternum 



Owston Wood (G. B. C.) 



SALTICIDAE 

 SALTICUS 



Salticus scenicus, Clerck 



Probably all over the county. Taken off wall 

 covered with ivy, Leicestershire : also Swithland 

 Wood (G. B. C.) 



THOMISIDAE 

 THOMISUS 



Tkomisus cristatus, Walckenaer 



Very common in the county ; one of the spiders 

 which has the power of launching itself into the air, 

 and often travels considerable distances in this manner 



Thomisus citreus, Blackwall 



Found on flowers of Valerian, from whence it cap- 

 tured Lepidoptera sitting there. Owston Wood 

 (F. B. and W. J. K.) 



DRASSIDAE 



DRASSUS 



Drassus cufreus, Blackwall 

 Taken at Buddon Wood 



DRASSIDAE (continued) 

 CLUBIONA 



Clubiona accentuata, Latreille 



Very rapid in its movements ; found in woods. 

 Taken in Buddon Wood 



CINIFLONIDAE 



ClNIFLO 



Ciniflo atrox, Blackwall 



Very common ; found under stones and loose bark ; 

 hunts at night. Varies considerably in the colour of 

 the markings of the abdomen 



Leicester (G. B. C.), October 



AGELENIDAE 

 TEGENARIA 



Tegenaria domestica, Walckenaer 



Found in houses ; very common. Taken in 

 Leicestershire (G. B. C.) 



Tegenaria civilis, Walckenaer 



Found in houses ; common. Taken in Leicester 

 (G. B. C.) 



CAELOTES 



Caehtes saxatilis, Wider 



Frequents dark hiding places. Common at Bardon 

 Hill and probably elsewhere (G. B. C.) 



TEXTRIX 

 Textrix lycosina, Sundevall 



THERIDIIDAE 

 THERIDIOM 



Theridion quadripunctatum, Blackwall 



Found in cracks of walls and disused houses, &c. ; 

 fairly common. Leicester (G. B. C.) 



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