O Oft NEW AND RAKE BRITISH SHDEttS. 



mal forms of Neriene air a, Bl., herb 1 we may probably have 

 several species in process of formation. (For Mr. Campbell's 

 notes on these spidors, see Trans. Hertfordshire Nat. His. 

 Society, p. p. 263, 264.) 



Lynyphia errans was described by Mr. Blackball as a 



and was subsequently removed to the genus Linyphia by myself 

 in consequence of its legs being armed with distinct, though 

 slender, spines. There is, however, no doubt but that it should 

 bo 'included, with many others, in the genus Microneta Menge 

 In accordance with the evidence furnished by the series of 

 examples found by Mr. Campbell the specific names of oblonga, 

 a-nl inwrta become synonyms of Linyphia errans, Blackw. 



FAM. EPEIRID^E. 

 GENUS SINQA, C. L. Koch. 

 SINOA ALBOVITTATA Weftr. (Ccwibr., Spid. Dors., p. 252.) 



An adult male was found on heather, Bloxworth, on the 

 2nd of June, 1882, and another on the 10th of May, 1884. 

 This pretty spider is not uncommon in the immature state in 

 early autumn, but I have rarely found it adult. 



FAM. THOMISID^E. 

 GENUS OXYPIILA, Sim. 

 OXYPTILA BLACKWALLTI, Sim. (Cambr. Spid. Dors., p. 318). 



Adult females of this remarkable spider were found under 

 stones at Polperro, Cornwall, by F. 0. P. Cambridge, 

 in June, 1883. It may easily be l;nown by the stout 

 clavato form of the hairs with which the cephalothorax and 

 abdomen are furnished. 



OXYPTILA 8ANCTUA1UY, Ctimbr. (Spid. Dors., p. 319). 



Two ndult malos wore sent to me in 1883 by Dr. Homer, of 

 Tonbridje, by whom tlvy were found at Eastbourne, Sussex. 



