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FAMILY AGELENID^:. 



GENUS AGELENA. 



Labyrinthica. Very common ; sitting in a tube in the centre 

 of a wide-spread net : all over the willow-grown sandhills. 



Brunnea. Not rare ; at roots of star-grass and weeds, etc. 



Civilis. Frequent ; in outhouses and old buildings. This 

 and Ciniflo similis are our two common house spiders. 



FAMILY THERIDIID^E. 



GENUS THERIDION. 



Lineatum. Common ; almost everywhere. 



Quadripunctatum. Rare ; in summer-houses and unused 

 rooms. 



Nervosum. Not rare ; on bushes, etc., in a web. 



Pictum. Not rare ; on hollies and in greenhouses. 



Varians. Frequent ; in company with the two last. 



Carolinum. Common, though local ; in many spots among 

 dwarf willows and herbage on the sandhills. 



Fallens. Rare ; upon Scotch firs on the moss, at Kirkby. 



Variegatum. Occasional ; among grass and weeds on dry 

 bank sides, near Churchtown, with its beautiful and pear- 

 shaped nest. 



Filipes. Rare ; beneath sea-weed on shore. 



FAMILY LINYPHIID^E. 



GENUS LINYPHIA. 



Montana. Frequent ; on Scotch firs, etc. 



Marginata. Frequent; in hedges and in angles of outhouses. 



