Kev. O. P. Cambridge on British Spiders. 11 



found several examples of both sexes of this very distinct 

 species, among grass and low herbage, in woods at Bloxworth. 

 I had not met with it since March 1867. An adult male was 

 also found at Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, in June 1881, by 

 Mr. F. M. Campbell. 



LinypMa expertay Cambr, 



LinyiMa experta, Cambi'. Spiders of Dorset, p. 203 ; and Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xxvii. p. 429, pi. Iv. do. 23. 



Adults of both sexes in some abundance occurred in a 

 swamp near Bloxworth, in November 1881. The only ex- 

 ample (a male) before recorded in this district, occurred in the 

 village schoolroom at Bloxworth, in December 1867, brought 

 in probably among the turf and sticks used for fuel. Several 

 examples were subsequently received from Mr. James Hardy, 

 by whom they were found in Berwickshire. 



LinypMa approximata^ Cambr. 



Linyphia approximata, Cambr. Spiders of Dorset, p, 199 ; and Linn. 

 Trans, xxvii. p. 424, pi, Iv. no. 19. 



I have not met with this spider since its first discovery in 

 ]\tay 1863, until May 1, 1880, and also during the present year 

 (1881), when in May, and again in September and November, 

 I found several adults of both sexes in another part of the 

 same marsh where it had previously occurred. Adults would 

 probably be obtained in mild weather during the whole 

 winter. 



Fara. Epeiridae. 

 Genus Epeiea. 



Epeira alsine^ Walck. 

 Epeira alsine, Walck., Cambr. Spiders of Dorset, p. 5.30. 



An adult male of this handsome spider was found among 

 rushes in a marshy spot near Bloxworth, on the 27th of 

 August 1881 ; and a few days later another adult of the same 

 sex, with an immature female, were met with among low 

 plants in Berewood, adjoining Bloxworth. This is the first 

 record of the male in Great Britain, and of the occurrence of 

 the species in this district. 



The only examples previously recorded were found near 

 Tring, in Hertfordshire, some years ago. 



