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some years since from Norfolk, recording it in the " Proceedings " 

 of our Club, vol. vi., p. 1 (1885). We also have met with other 

 rare or local spiders in this county, during the last two or three 

 years, some of them having only occurred once or twice before, and 

 that many years ago. These are all noted by name, with particulars 

 of time and place of capture at the end of this paper. 



I must not omit to notice also the occurrence of a curious 

 Clielifer (or false scorpion) found by my nephew at Hyde, CJtelifer 

 peculiaris (L. Koch), new to Britain, and of another, Cheiridiwn 

 museomm (Leach), "Book Scorpion," found by myself at Bloxworth. 

 The latter has got its trivial name from being met with in old 

 libraries and museums among damp and dusty old books. I had 

 previously received this species from Mr. C. W. Dale from 

 Glanvilles Wootton. In September last I found also a fine 

 Phalangid, or Harvestman, new to Dorset, among the ruins of 

 Corfe Castle Acantlioloplius spinosus (Bosc). This is our largest 

 known British species. 



From the above outline of our spider work since my last 

 communication the following general results may be noted : Two 

 species new to science; eight neic to Britain; ten new to Dorset; 

 and 34 others either rare or local species, mostly found in this 

 county, besides the two Clieliferidce and the Phalangid. 



The number of spiders now recorded as British is about 525, 

 while 380 or so of them have been met with in this county. 



* DESCRIPTIONS AND NOTES ON NEW SPIDERS 

 POUND DURING 1886, 1887, AND 1888. 



FAMILY DRASSID.E. 

 PROSTHESIMA RUSTICA (L. Koch.) 



PL A, fig. 1. 



Prostliesima rustica (L. Koch.), Zeitschrift des Ferdinandneums, 

 1872. p. 309. E. Simon, Les Arachnides de France, torn, iv., p. 93. 

 Adult male, length nearly 4 lines. 



* Those spiders only are described at length which have not been already 

 described in " Spiders of Dorset." 



