SPIDERS 



ARACHNIDA 



Spiders, etc. 



Scarcely any records of either spiders, harvestmen or false scorpions 

 have been made for the county of Warwickshire. The following list is 

 drawn up from a collection made by the Rev. J. Harvey Bloom at 

 Whitchurch near Stratford-on-Avon. 



ARANE^E 



ARACHNOMORPHM 



DYSDERID^: 



Spiders with six eyes and two pairs of stigmatic openings, situated close together on the 

 genital rima ; the anterior pair communicating with lung books, the posterior with tracheal 

 tubes. Tarsal claws, two in Dysdera, three in Harpactes and Segestria. 



2. Dysdera crocota, C. L. Koch. 

 Stratford-on-Avon (J.H.B.) 



Larger than the last species, with a deep 

 orange-pink carapace, orange legs, and abdo- 

 men with a delicate rosy-pink flush. The 

 palpal bulb of the male has a cross-piece at 

 the apex. This spider is also known as D. 

 rubicunda, Blackwall. 



I. Dysdera cambridgii, Thorell. 



Stratford-on-Avon (J.H.B.) 

 Not uncommon under stones and bark ot 

 trees, where it lurks within a tubular retreat. 

 The spider is easily recognizable by its elon- 

 gate form, orange legs, dark mahogany cara- 

 pace and pale clay-yellow abdomen. The 

 palpal bulb of the male has no cross-piece 

 at the apex. The spider is also known as 

 D. erythryna, Blackwall. 



DRASSID^ 

 3. Prosthesima nigrita (Fabricius) Whitchurch (J.H.B.) 



CLUBIONID.E 



Spiders with eight eyes, situated in two transverse rows. The tracheal openings lie 

 immediately in front of the spinners. The tarsal claws are two in number, but the anterior 

 pair of spinners are set close together at the base ; the maxillae are convex and not impressed 

 across the middle. 



4. Clubitna stagnatilis, Kulczynski. 



Stratford-on-Avon (J.H.B.) 



5. Clubiona terrestris, Westring. 



Stratford-on-Avon (J.H.B.) 



6. Clubiona pallidula (Clerck) 



Stratford-on-Avon, Warwick (J.H.B.) 



7. Clubiona phragmitis, C. L. Koch. 



Stratford-on-Avon, Warwick (J.H.B.) 



8. Clubiona diversa, O.P.-Cambridge. 



Whitchurch (J.H.B.) 



The spiders of this family resemble those of the Clubionidte in most respects, except that 

 the trachael stigmatic openings beneath the abdomen are situated about midway between the 

 genital rima and the spinners, and not, as in the last family, immediately in front of the 

 spinners. One species only is indigenous to Great Britain, and is very common amongst the 

 foliage of trees in May and June. 



9. Anypbeena accentuata (Walckenaer) Stratford-on-Avon (J.H.B.) 



Spiders with eight eyes, situated in two transverse rows, two tarsal claws and anterior 

 spinners close together at their base. Maxillae not impressed. The crab-like shape and side- 



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