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and of special interest. From Mr. W. Falconer, of Hudders- 

 field, I have received Gongylididlum pagaiium, Sim., new to 

 Britain, and as well as other rare species. The Rev. J. H. 

 Bloom, of Whitchurch Rectory, near Stratford-on-Avon, has 

 sent me two spiders new to Britain, Theridion imprcssum, L. 

 Koch, and Lycosa decipicns, L. Koch, as well as Philodromus 

 rufusy Walck., and Agroeca celer, Cambr., both little-known 

 species. Mr. Horace Donisthorpe, well known for his untiring 

 researches into the subject of insect-dwellers as guests in the 

 nests of ants, also sends me Evansia mcrcns, Cambr., from one 

 of those nests {Formica fusca) found near Carlisle ; also from the 

 Deal Sandhills Mr. Donisthorpe has sent me examples of the 

 rare and local Atius saltator, Cambr., Hyctia iiivoyi, Luc, and 

 Prosthesima electa, C. L. Koch. From Mr. Claude Morley I have 

 received, among other spiders, Dendryphantes hasiaius, Clk., 

 found in the New Forest. Also from Professor J. W. Carr (of 

 University College, Nottingham), I have received, among other 

 species, examples of the rare, but widely distributed Baryphyma 

 pratcnsis, Blackw. My own exertions have been mostly directed 

 to the working out of materials, set aside in past )'ears, from 

 collections made in Dorsetshire, for further examination. Among 

 these I find a Laseola and a Leptyphantes, which appear to me 

 to have been as yet undescribed, also numerous examples of 

 Diplocephalus spccwstis, Cambr, a little- known spider, mistaken 

 at the time of capture for a more common ally. The total 

 addition thus made to our British list is seven species— four new 

 to science and three not before recorded in Great Britain. My 

 thanks are due to all my correspondents, especially to those I 

 have mentioned above, and particularly to Dr. A. R. Jackson, 

 for their most kind and liberal communication to me of the 

 results of their labours. I should mention here that I have 

 a large amount of materials belonging to two groups of small 

 spiders — Erigone and Mkrotieta — not included in this report. 

 These are just now under an unfinished investigation, and must, 

 therefore, await another opportunity for the publication of the 

 results. 



