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indistinctness of the angular lines, or chevrons, on the hinder 

 part of its upper side. There is considerable variation in 

 the depth and distinctness of the normal abdominal pattern 

 in individuals captured at different times of the year; as well 

 as in the actual size of specimens. 



Leptyphantes Meng-ii, Kulcz. 



Adult males received from Ireland ; Mr. D. R. P. Beresford, 

 1907. 



Leptyphantes ericaea, Blackw. 



Leptyphantes inconspicua, Cambr., Brit, and I. Spid., p. 



20, and Spid. Dors., p. 213. 



Having compared the type of L. mconspicua, with numerous 

 undoubted examples of L. ericcca, I feel but little doubt of 

 the identity of the two spiders. When the former was 

 described many years ago as distinct, I had not the advantage 

 I now have ot any good microscopical aid beyond that of an 

 ordinary pocket lens. 



Leptyphantes angulata, Cambr. PI. A., Figs. 14-15. 



An adult male received from Rev. J. E. Hull, by whom it 

 was found in Northumberland early in 1907. I have also since 

 received both sexes from Mr. Hull. The female is new to 

 science. Of the male I had only seen one previously (the 

 type of the species) from the Cheviot Hills (Spid. Dors , 

 p. 521 c.f. Rev. J. E. Hull's Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. North- 

 umberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne., N.S., Vol. 

 III., part L, p. 7., PI. 5., Figs. 5-9). 



Porrhomma egeria, Sim. 



An adult female, found in a mole's nest at Blakenham, 

 Suffolk, in March, 1907, was sent to me by Mr. H. 

 Donisthorpe. 



Porrhomma meadii, F. O. P.-C. 



An adult female, Ireland, Mr. D. R. P. Beresford, 1907. 



