Spiders collected in Neighbourhood of Edinburgh. 537 
but, like other species of the family, adults, especially females, 
occur at other seasons of the year. 
Comiston, Jan., 9 ; Braids, under whins, Feb., four 9s; Hillend, Feb., 
¢ imm.; Rosslyn, March, many 9s; near Kirknewton, March, several 6s 
and 9s; Arthur’s Seat, March and April, a few; Dalmeny Park, March and 
April, three 9s; Aberdour and Inverkeithing, April, ad. ¢ and several 9s; 
Longniddry Quarry, June, ad. és and 9s common, and a number imm.; 
Largo Links, Aug., two 9s; Blackford Hill, Dec., one g and several 9s 
hybernating among stones, 
Family DRASSIDZ. 
Micaria puiicaria (Sund.). 
Drassus nitens+D. micans, B), Spid. Great Brit. and Trel. 
Frequent, though never numerous, on banks and commons 
near the sea; less common inland; adults during spring and 
summer. Spiders as a rule avoid the company of ants, which 
prey upon them; but the present species (doubtless protected 
by its ant-like form) seems, in common with other well- 
known instances, to be an exception, for it may often be seen 
bustling about on a sunny bank in the midst of numbers of 
these busy creatures. 
Salisbury Crags, in silken cells under stones, March and April, g and 
three ?s, some imm.; Arthur’s Seat above Duddingston, March, two ?3; 
Pettycur, March, ¢ and imm. 9 ; Aberdour, April, three ¢s (two ad.) and 
four ¢s (two ad.); Braids, April, ¢; Bo., Aug., @ imm.; Longniddry, 
June, two ad. 9s; Large Links, Aug., ¢ imm.; West Wemyss Station, 
Sept., two 9s (one imm,.); Gosford Links, Sept., ? imm,; Luffness Links, 
Oct., ¢ imm. and ¢ ; Pentlands above Bonaly, Oct., ?; etc. 
Prosthesima nigrita (Fabr.). 
Drassus pusillus, Bl. Spid. Great Brit. and Irel. 
Rare, five males and females (all more or less immature) 
captured on Luffness Links on 5th October 1893, being the 
only examples we have met with in the district; they were 
hidden among drifted sand about the stems of Ammophila 
arenaria. The only previous record for Scotland appears to 
be that of Mr Cambridge, who detected the species on 
Arthur’s Seat in June 1861. 
