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Amaurobius similis (B1.). 
Ciniflo similis, Bl. Spid. Great Brit. and Irel. 
Widely distributed and common, but not nearly so 
abundant as the preceding species; chiefly an inhabitant 
of houses, and holes in walls in their immediate vieinity. 
Adults noted from autumn to spring. 
Morningside Park, Edinburgh, in house, Jan., Oct., and Dec., ad. gs and 
@s common; Dalmeny, March, ¢ and several 9s; rocks near Kinghorn, 
and on Arthur’s Seat, March, several 9s, some imm.; Hopetoun, in green- 
house, April, ¢; Aberlady, on garden walls, etc., Sept. and Oct., numerous 
gsand ¢s; rocks at Blackford Hill Quarry, Dec., ¢ and three 9s; ete. 
Amaurobius ferox (Walck.). 
Ciniflo ferox, Bl. Spid. Great Brit. and Irel. 
Apparently rare, the three examples mentioned below 
being the only ones we have yet met with. Although 
common in England, especially in the southern counties, it 
does not appear to have been previously noticed in Scotland. 
On kitchen hearth, 18 Morningside Park, Edinburgh, 29th March 1893, 
an adult g (another escaped) ; Aberdour, among stones on steep bank a little 
to the east of the village, and overlooking the harbour, 6th April 1893, an 
adult @. 
Family AGELENIDZ. 
Argyroneta aquatica (Clk.). 
The water-spider must be regarded as a very local species, 
although it doubtless occurs in other localities than the two 
from which it has already been recorded: suitable habitats, 
however, are now scarce in the district. 
The known localities are:—Luflness Marshes near Aberlady, where the 
species was detected by Mr A. Gray in 1884 (Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc., viii., 
504); and Bavelaw Moss near Balerno, where Mr A. B. Herbert discovered 
it in August 1885 (Proc. Edin. Nat. Field Club, i., 297). Our collection 
contains adults of both sexes and immature examples taken in these habitats 
in March, April, May, and June; also specimens taken in September. The 
chief plant in the pools it inhabits at Luffuess is Chara hispida, those at 
Bayelaw are filled with Sphagnum cuspidatum. 
