Spiders collected in Neighbourhood of Edinburgh. 547 
below. The present seems to be the first record of its 
capture in a Scottish locality, Coldmartin Moss not being 
in Berwickshire, as stated in Mr Cambridge’s 1877 paper 
(Entomologist, 1877, p. 174), but near Wooler in Northum- 
berland. 
Among damp moss in a swampy spot between Kilconquhar Railway Station 
and the village, 5th Sept. 1893, three ¢s and five ?s. 
Hahnia nava (B!.). 
Agelena neva, Bl. Spid. Great Brit. and Irel. 
Among small loose stones, etc., on hilly places, not un- 
common ; and, curiously enough, not hitherto recorded from 
Scotland. Adults of both sexes from October to May. 
Pentlands above Boghall, among loose stones, Oct., about a dozen, some 
of both sexes mature; North Morton, Oct., ad. ¢ ; Braid Hills, among debris 
under whin bushes and among small stones, Nov., ¢ and five ?s; again, 
Feb. and May, ad. 9s; Salisbury Crags, March, three gs and one 9; 
Arthur’s Seat, March, numerous, mostly gs; again, April, mostly @s. 
Hahnia montana (51.). 
Agelena montana, Bl. Spid. Great Brit. and Ivel. 
Among loose stones, etc., in hilly districts; apparently 
rather less common than the preceding; was taken on the 
Pentlands above Currie by Mr Cambridge in June 1861; 
has also been recorded from Berwickshire, and one or two 
other Scottish localities. 
Blackford Hill, March, three ?s, one of them mature; Pentlands by path 
leading from Glencorse Reservoir to Currie, Sept., a dozen 9s, some ad, and 
one g imm.; south side of Turnhouse Hill, Pentlands, Oct., several 9s, 
mostly imm.; Braid Hills, Oct., one 2, others imm. 
Family THERIDIIDZ. 
Ero furcata (Vill.). 
Theridion variegatum, Bl. Spid. Great Brit. and Irel. 
Ero thoracica, Cambr. Spid. Dorset. 
Generally distributed, but never numerous, seldom more 
than two or three being found together. Apparently to be 
found adult from early spring till autumn. 
