A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



202. Arrecerus monoceros, Wider. 

 Southport (O. P.-C. and A. R. J.). 



Known also as Wakkcnaera mmoceros. 



203. Wideria antica, Wider. 

 Southport (A. R. J.). 



204. Simula cornigera, Blackwall. 

 Grange (W. F.). 



205. Maso Sundevallii, Westring. 



Kirkby, Rev. J. H. Bloom (O. P.-C.) ; Lan- 

 caster, Morecambe, Grange (W. F.). 



206. Walckenaera nudipalpis, Westring. 

 Southport (A. R. J.). 



207. Walckenaera turgida, Blackwall. 

 Crumpsall Hall, Manchester (Blackwall). 



This species is not at present known, no type being 

 in existence, but may be found at some future time 

 and identified. 



208. Ceratlnella brevipes, Westring. 

 Southport, Dr. A. R. Jackson (O. P.-C.). 



209. Neriene lapiJicola, Thorell. 

 Crumpsall Hall, Manchester (Blackwall). 



Found on railings and under stones, but the species 

 is not known at present. Known also as Neriene 

 i-ufipes, Blackwall. 



210. Neriene dubia, Blackwall. 

 Manchester (Blackwall). 



Not at present identified. Type lost 



211. Netiene lugubris, Blackwall. 

 Manchester (Blackwall). 



Not at present identified. Type lost. 



MIMETID^E 



Spiders of this family are similar in general respects 

 to the Theridiidte, having eight eyes and three tarsal 

 claws, but the anterior pairs of legs bear long spines in 

 a series on the tibiee and protarsl. The species of En 

 construct a small brown pear-shaped or cylindrical egg- 

 cocoon suspended on a fine silken stalk. 



212. Enfurcata, Villers. 

 Warrington (L. G.). 



Known also as En thoracica and Theridion varicgatum, 

 Blackwall. 



THERIDIID.E 



The members of this family have eight eyes situated 

 very much like those of the Argyopidce, but the man- 

 dibles are really weak, the maxillae are inclined over 

 the labium, and the posterior legs have a comb of 

 stiff curved spines beneath the tarsi. The web con- 

 sists of a tangle of crossing lines, and the spider often 

 constructs a tent-like retreat wherein the egg-sac is 

 hung up. 



213. Episinus truncates^ Walckenaer. 



Duddon Vale ; Coniston. 



Not very common, but found amongst dry grass or 

 on sunny banks. Known also as Theridion angulatum, 

 Blackwall. 



214. Steatoda bipunctata, Linnasus. 



Warrington (L. G.) ; Southport (O. P.-C. and 



A.R.J.). 



A dark brown, shiny, rather flattened globular 

 spider, living in chinks of walls, angles of windows, 

 and crevices in the partitions of old stables, etc., 

 emerging usually at nightfall. The males are re- 

 markable for their very large palpi and also for the 

 possession of a stridulating organ, formed by a series of 

 chitinous ridges in a hollow at the anterior part of the 

 abdomen, which move over some cusps on the conical 

 posterior portion of the carapace. Known also as 

 Steatoda bifunctata and Theridion yuadripunctatum, Black- 

 wall. 



215. Pedanottelhtts Kvidus, Blackwall. 

 Warrington (L. G.) ; Southport (A. R. J.). 



A common species under stones on the fells and in 

 many other localities. Known also as Neriene livida, 

 Blackwall. 



2 1 6. Theridion ovatum, Clerck. 



Warrington (L. G.) ; Southport (O. P.-C. and 



A.R.J.). 



A very common species. The female lives in the 

 folded leaf of a bramble, or that of some other shrub, 

 spinning the edges together. Within this domicile she 

 constructs a round sea-green egg-sac about as large as 

 a very small pea. The spider has a pale yellow 

 abdomen with a broad pink central dorsal band, or 

 two pink bands one on each side. Another variety 

 has no pink bands, but a row of black spots on each 

 side. The male and female can often be found 

 together within their leafy domicile. This spider is 

 also known under the name Pbyllonetbis Kneata and 

 Theridion lineatum. 



217. Theridion vittatum, C. L. Koch. 

 Southport (A. R. J.). 



218. Steatoda sisyphium (Clerck). 



Southport (O. P.-C. and A. R. J.) ; Warrington 



(L.G.). 



Very common on gorse and holly bushes, where 

 they construct a tent-like domicile and spin up within 

 its shelter the small greenish egg-sacs. The young 

 when hatched pass their earlier days within the tent, 

 but on the death of the mother spider they scatter, 

 taking up positions for themselves amongst the neigh- 

 bouring foliage. Known also as Theridion sisyphium 

 and Theridion nervosum, Blackwall. 



219. Steatoda picta, Walckenaer. 



Warrington (L. G.) ; Southport (O. P.-C. and 



A.R.J.). 



A very beautiful species, resembling a large 

 example of T. varians, with a bright red and white 

 dentated band on the dorsal side of the abdomen, 

 found, often abundantly, on holly and other bushes, 

 where they construct a large and very perfectly 

 formed thimble-shaped domicile, covered with dry 

 chips of leaves and twigs, often decorated with the 

 wings, legs, wing-cases and other debris of the victims 

 which have served them for food. Known also as 

 Theridion pictum. 



220. Steatoda varians, Hahn. 



Warrington (L. G.) ; Southport (O.P.-C. and 



A.R.J.). 



A very much smaller species, varying considerably 

 in colour, found abundantly in greenhouses and also 



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