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GEN : LEPTYPHANTES (Sim.) 



LEPTYPHANTES MISER (Cambr.) 

 Linyplda turbatrix Cambr., " Spid. Dors.," p. 454. 



misera Cambr., Ann. and Mag. N. H., 1882, p. 262. 

 Numerous examples of both sexes adult were found in a swamp 

 among grass, &c., by F. 0. P. Cambridge in May, 1888. 



FAM : THOMISID.E. 

 GEN: XYSTICUS (C. Koch.) 

 Xysticus hictuosus Bl., Cambr., " Spid. Dors.," p. 305. 

 Several adult males of this rare spider were found by shaking 

 dead leaves over a cloth at the end of May and beginning of June, 

 1888, in Berewood. 



GEN : OXYPTILA (Sim.) 



Oxyptila sanctuaria Cambr., " Spid. Dors.," p. 319, and 

 " Proc." Dors. N. H. and A. F. Club, vi., p. 10. 



In September, 1888, I found an adult male of this scarce species 

 in a swamp at Bloxworth. All that I had before found were in 

 dry situations. 



GEN : .PHILODKOMUS. 



PhiJodromus emanjinatus Schr., Cambr., " Spid. Dors.," 333. 

 An adult female was sent to me from Inverness by Mr. Baxter 

 in 1888. 



GEN : THANATUS (C. Koch.) 

 THANATUS STRIATUS (C. Koch.) 

 Thanahis liirsittus Cambr., " Spid. Dors.," p. 337. 

 Both sexes adult of this spider were found in abundance by 

 myself and F. 0. P. Cambridge in a bog on Bloxworth Heath in 

 June, 1888. It is certainly identical with Thanatus striatus 

 (Koch.) 



FAM: LYCOSID/E. 

 GEN: PI RAT A (Sund.) 



Pirata piscatoria Clk., Cambr., "Spid. Dors.," p. 351. 

 I have not, until towards the end of May, 1888, found the adult 

 males of this fine spider, when we met with both sexes of it in 



