150 ON NEW AND RARE SriDERS. 



"Walckenaera penultima, Camhr., described as new to science, 

 Ann. and Mag. N.H., 1882, id. 7, i^l. i., 

 fig. 4. 



Two examples, one adult, tlie other immature, were found 

 among moss and heather on Bloxworth Heath in April, 1881. 

 It somewhat resembles Walcke^iaera pamllela, Bl., in its form, 

 while in colours it is very much like TF. ludicra, Cambr. 



Walckenaera mitis, Camhr., described as new I.e. supra, p. 8, 

 pi. i., fig. 6. 



Four examples of the female of this very minute Spider, 

 which measures no more than one-sixteenth of an inch in length, 

 were found among moss in Morden Park, near Bloxworth, at 

 the end of April, 1881. 



Walckenaera miser, Camhr., described as new I.e., p. 9, pi. i., 

 fig. 7. 



An adult female found among moss near Bloxworth in Octo- 

 ber, 1879, but its specific distinctness had not been determined 

 until 1881. 



FAMILY EPEIRID.E. 



Epeira alsine, Walch., Spiders of Dorset, p. 530. 



An adult male of this fine and handsome Spider was found 

 by myself on low herbage in Morden Park on the 27th of 

 August, and two others (one immature) in Berewood at the 

 beginning of September, 1881. Its only previously recorded 

 occurrence was near Tring, in Buckinghamshire, some years 

 ago. 



FAMILY SALTICID^. 



Marpessa muscosa, Clcrck., Senders of Dorset, p. 554. 



In November, 1881, I received, among other Spiders, an 

 adult female of this fine species from Mr. E. B. Kemp- Welch, 



