NOTES ON BRITISH SPIDERS. 



FAM. 



THERIDION SIMILE, C. L. Koch. 



Theridion simile, C. L. Koch. Cambr., Spid. Dors., p. 88. 

 Numerous examples received from Kew ; among them some so 

 richly-coloured with red, yellow, and brown, that at first sight I 

 thought it must be a distinct species. 



THERIDION FAMILTARE, Cambr. 



Theridion familiare, Cambr. Spid. Dors., p. 86. 



This little semi-domestic spider continues to occur, though in 

 some years very scarce, in various out-buildings, unused rooms 

 and lofts at Bloxworth Rectory. 



Gen. nov. MELOS. 



Melos bicolor, sp. n., fig. 3. 



I have (infra p. 15) characterised this new genus and species for 

 a little spider sent to me from Kew by Mr. Nicholson. I think it 

 has a fair claim to be indigenous, though possibly it may have 

 been introduced among plants imported from exotic regions. 



(?) TEUTANA NOBILIS, Thor. 



Lithyphantes nobilis, Thorell. Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps, 

 Akademiens Handlingar, 1875, Baudet 13, No. 5, p. 338. 



Steatoda Clarkii, Cambridge. 1879, Spid. Dors., p. 480. 



Having lately had an opportunity of examining examples of 

 Lithyphantes nob His, Thor., from Spain and Madeira, and com- 

 paring them with the type of Steatoda Clarkii, Cambr., there 

 appears to be no doubt of their identity. I have also in my 

 collection an immature female from South Europe. 



TMETICUS PRUDENS, Cambr. 

 Tmeticus prudens, Cambr. Spid. Dors,, p. 456. 

 An adult male of this spider ; found by A. W. Pickard- 

 Cambridge, at Crawford, Lanarkshire, in September, 1898. 



TMETICUS FORTUNATUS, Cambr. 



Tmeticus f o)1 unat us, Cambr. Proc. Dors. Nat. Hist, and Antiq. 

 Field Club, XVI., p. 123. pi. A, fig. 6, 1895, 



