NOTES ON BRITISH SPIDERS. 13 



C. L. Koch. ; the latter a fytea, L. Koch. To me it appears 

 to be nearer to, if not identical with, Hasarius, Sav., though at 

 one time I thought it to be a Philceus, Thor. 



Arms PUBESCENS, C. L. Koch. 



Atttis pubescens, C. L. Koch. Cambr. Spid. Dors., p. 408. 



An adult female of this species, received from Mr. Nicholson 

 Royal Gardens, Kew ; it is a widely dispersed species in the 

 South of England, and in some localities tolerably abundant. 



ORDER PHALANGIDEA. 



FAM. PHALANGIID^:. 

 OLIGOLOPHUS SPINOSUS, Bosc. 



Oligolophus spinosus, Bosc. Cambr., Proc. Dors. N.H. and 

 A.F. Club, xi., p. 201, pi. E, fig. 25. 



Examples of this local species occurred at Bloxworth in 1897, 

 and at Kew, in 1898. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW OR RARE SPECIES IN THE 

 ABOVE LIST. 



FAM. 

 PROSTHESIMA ELECTA, C. L. Koch, Fig. 2. 



Prosthesima electa, C. L. Koch. Cambr., Spid. Dors., p. 462. 



The male only of this species was described (I.e. supra), and 

 until very recently the distinctive mark of the female genital 

 aperture had never been figured ; I subjoin therefore a 

 description of this sex, and have included in the plate figures of 

 that and some other dissections. 



ADULT FEMALE. Length, 2\ lines. In general form and 

 structure this species is normal. The Gephalothorax is longer 

 than broad, oval, each end slightly truncate, the fore end much 

 narrowei ; the lateral marginal impressions at the caput very 

 slight. The profile slopes gradually from the eyes to the hinder 



