ON NEW AND kARE JiRlTlSH SPJDEkS. 15! 



LIST OF NEW AND RARE SPIDERS FOUND IN 

 GREAT BRITAIN IN 1 902-1 903. 



Fam. DRASSID^. 

 Prosthesima electa, C. L. Koch. 



An adult female sent to me from the Deal Sandhills by 

 Mr. Horace Donisthorpe in the spring of 1903.. 



Gnaphosa An^lica, Cambr. 



Adults of both sexes received from Dr. A. Randall 

 Jackson found in Cumberland at an elevation of 2,500 feet. 



AgfPOeca celer, Cambr. Fig. i. 



An immature female sent to me by the Rev. J. H. Bloom 

 from near Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, in 1903. The 

 male of this spider has not yet been found. Dorsetshire 

 has hitherto been the only recorded locality for the 

 species — viz., Portland, Weymouth, and Bloxworth. 



Fam. DICTYNID^. 

 Protadia subnigra, Cambr. 



I have met with adults of both sexes of this spider on 

 iron railings at Bloxworth Rectory in June and July, 1902. 

 An example of the adult female was also received from the 

 Rev. J. H. Bloom, Warwickshire. 



Protadia patula, Sim. 



Immature females of this rare species were sent to me in 

 1901 by Dr. A. R. Jackson from South Wales. 



Fam. THERIDIID^. 

 Theridion formosum, Clk. 



An adult male and female, with egg-cocoon, in the 

 Bloxworth Rectory porch, July 23rd, 1902. 



