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nephew also, last October, found an adult male of Wakkenaera 

 capita (Westr.), at Whitenose, on the coast between Wey mouth 

 and Lulworth. This is the first recorded British example of a most 

 curiously formed spider. Another of the same group, and new to 

 science, Walckentiera interject a (Cambr.), was sent to me almost at 

 the same time by Mr. F. M. Campbell, from Hoddesdon, Hertford- 

 shire, and by General Van Hasselt from Holland. 



The only other spider which I have to record as new to science 

 is a Linyphia (or rather, belonging to the restricted genus Tmeticus 

 (Menge), examples of which have been sent to me from 

 Southport, Lancashire, by a very diligent spider collector, Mr. Cecil 

 Wai-burton, of Christ's College, Cambridge. It is a fine and very 

 noteworthy species, though somewhat closely allied to Linyphia rufa 

 (Westr.) L. scopitjer Grube (a Northumbrian and Scotch species, first 

 found in Sweden by M. Westring). On this new spider I have 

 conferred the name of its discoverer Tmeticus Warburtonii. 

 Besides those already mentioned I have to record seven others as 

 found for the first time in our own county. Teyenaria Guyonii, the 

 true " Cardinal spider," sent to me from near Poole by the late Mr. 

 T. B. Kemp- Welch. This is our largest house spider. I have 

 found examples in old cupboards and such like places at Oxford, 

 with an expanse of legs measuring four inches or more in diameter. 

 We have a closely allied species in Dorset, abundant in cellars at 

 Weymouth and among rocks in Portland Tegenaria atrica 

 (C. Koch), if anything larger in the body than " the Cardinal," but 

 not so long-legged. The other spiders new to this county are 

 Neriene ayrestis (T>\.),NerienecIara(Cani\)r.),andNeriene Hutlncaiiii 

 (ibid). The female of this last spider was described by myself some 

 years ago as a distinct species N. foriniddbilis ; it was then 

 unknown to me as the female of the present species. These three, 

 as well as an example of Walclcenaera pratensis (Bl.), were found at 

 Hyde, by my nephew, who also with myself found two other spiders 

 (Salticids), near Bloxworth last spring, new to this county, Hasarius 

 arctiatus (Clk.) only found before at Lyndhurst, many years ago; and 

 Dendrypliantes liastaius (Clk.), a single example of which I received 



