and Systematic Arrangement of British Spiders. 249 



]99. Ep'eira conica. 



Epeira conica, Walck. Hist, Nat. des Insect. Apt. t. ii. p. 138 ; 



Latr. Gen. Crust, et Insect, torn. i. p. 109 ; Sund. Vet. Acad. 



Handl. 1832, p. 248 ; Hahn, Die Arachn. B. ii. p. 45. tab. 57. 



fig. 130. 

 Sinya conica, Koch, Uebers. des Arachn. Syst. erstes Heft, p. 6 ; Die 



Arachn. B. xi. p. 145. tab. 392. fig. 943-945. 

 Titulus 4, Lister, Hist. Animal. Angl. De Aran. p. 32. tab. 1. fig. 4. 



I have seen immature individuals of this remarkable spider 

 which were captured in Middlesex, and in 1852 I received from 

 Mr. Meade an adult male which was sent to him from that 

 county. Lister states that he has frequently found Ep'eira 

 conica in lofty and umbrageous woods in Cambridgeshire and 

 Yorkshire. 



200. Ep'eira tubulosa. 



Epeira tubulosa, Walck. Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt. t. ii. p. 86. 

 Singa hamata, Koch, Die Arachn. B. iii. p. 42. tab. 88. fig. 197, 198 ; 

 Uebers. des Arachn. Syst. erstes Heft, p. 6. 



melanocephala, Koch, Die Arachn. B. iii. p. 44. tab. 88. fig. 199. 



Titulus 7, Lister, Hist. Animal. Angl. De Aran. p. 40. tab. 1. fig. 7. 



According to Lister, Ep'eira tubulosa is sometimes met with in 

 great abundance in moist situations ; it is one of the few native 

 species, however, which I have not yet succeeded in obtaining. 



Genus Tetragnatha, Latr. 

 201. Tetragnatha extensa. 



Vetragnatha extensa, Walck. Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt. t. ii. p. 203 ; 



Latr. Gen. Crust, et Insect, torn. i. p. 101 ; Sund. Vet, Acad. 



Handl. 1832, p, 256 ; Hahn, Die Arachn, B, ii, p, 43. tab. 56. 

 ir fig. 129 ; Koch, Uebers. des Arachn. Syst. erstes Heft, p. 5. 

 IR- — gibba, Koch, Uebers, des Arachn, Syst. erstes Heft, p. 5. 

 iPTtYM^M* 3, Lister, Hist, Animal, Angl. De Aran. p. 30. tab. 1 . fig, 3, 



This is the only species belonging to the genus Tetragnatha 



rhich has been found in Great Britain, It frequents damp 



lalities, constructing among bushes and plants in the vicinity 



brooks, ditches and pools a slight net having a circular aper- 

 ire at the centre. The specific name extensa has reference to 



habit of extending the first and second pairs of legs forwards 

 id the posterior pair backwards in a line with the body. 



In June the female attaches to some object near her snare, a 



ibglobosc cocoon, about j-th of an inch in diameter, composed 



^f fine silk of a loose texture, which is either whitish with small 



ifts of a dull green colour on its exterior surface, or else is of a 



