96 NEW AND RARE SPIDERS. 



Up to May, 1890, the only known British locality for this 

 spider has been the lawn of Bloxworth Kectory, but in May and 

 June, 1890, it was found in some abundance, both sexes in a state 

 of maturity, at the roots of herbage at Abbotsbury, near Weymouth. 



OXYPTILA BLACKWALLII. 



Oxyptila Blackioallii Sim. Cambr. Spid. Dors., p. 318. 



On the 10th of May, 1890, I found several adult females under 

 pieces of rock below the Convict Prison at Portland (where the 

 original specimens occurred many years ago). Also on the 5th of 

 September, 1890, a single example of the adult female occurred in 

 a similar position near the caves at Tilly Whim, Swanage. 



FAM: LYCOSID^E. 

 GEN: TAKENTULA (Smel.) 



TARENTULA FABRILIS. 



Tarentula fabrilis Clerck. Cambr. Spid. Dors., p. 368. 

 This fine but very local and rare spider occurs in several parts of 

 Bloxworth and other heaths in the neighbourhood, though in some 

 seasons it is difficult to find a single example. The close adaptation 

 of its black and hoary colouring to the surface of the heath soil and 

 lichens, renders it almost impossible to see it until it moves. On 

 the 18th of September, 1890, in company with Mr. Cecil 

 Warburton (of Christ's Coll., Cambridge), we found several adults 

 of both sexes in the course of an hour's work. 



FAM : SALTICID^E. 

 GEN : NEON (Sim.) 



NEON LEVIS. 



Neon levis Sim. Aran. de France torn, iii., p. 211. 

 Two immature females of this spider new to Britain were 

 found under pieces of rock near Pennsylvania Castle on the 31st of 

 May, 1890, and a male, also immature, in the same locality on the 

 16th of July. It is very nearly allied to Neon reticulatus Bl. 

 (Spid. Dors., p. 404), which it resembles in size. In its general 



