ON NEW AND RARE SPIDERS. 



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LINYPHIA APPROXIMATA, Cambr., Spiders of Dorset, p. 199. 



Both sexes of this spider have occurred frequently during the 

 past year in marshy ground near Bloxworth. 



LINYPHIA FURTIVA, Cambr, Spiders of Dorset, p. 233. 



An adult female found on a furze bush near Bloxworth, July 

 3rd, 1882. It is now some years since I had previously met 

 with it. 



FAMILY THOMISnm 



XYSTICUS ROBUSTUS, HaJin, Spiders of Dorset, p. 306. 



An adult female, among heather, Bloxworth, July 3rd, 1882. 

 This is only the second recorded example in Britain. The first 

 an adult male having occurred in the same locality in 1854. 

 I was, until now, unacquainted with the female of this, which 

 is one of the largest and most distinct species of the genus. 



