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By Braidburn above Greenbank, Feb, and March, four ad. ?s; Braid Hills, 
Feb., ad. g and young 2; Hillend, Feb., 9; Bonaly Glen, March, 9; 
Woodhouselee, March, ? and two young; Pettyeur, March, ?; Aberdour, 
April, 2; Braids, Aug., ¢; Kileonquhar, Sept., imm. 9; Bonaly, Oct., imm. 
?; Luffness, Oct., imm. 2; Boghall (Pentlands), Oct., young 9. 
Nesticus cellulanus (Cik.). 
Linyphia crypticolens, Bl. Spid. Great Brit. and Irel. 
Widely distributed, but nowhere very common. 
Under overhanging bank by Braidburn, Feb., two gs and two Qs, all 
young, and one @ ad.; by ditch at Comiston, March, five 9s; Balerno, 
March, ¢; Dreghorn, March, young ¢; July, imm. 9; Aberdour, April, 
imm. ?; Keilsden near Largo, Sept., 2; Bonaly, Oct., imm. ?. 
Theridion lineatum (Clk.). 
Phyllonethis lineata, Cambr. Spid. Dorset. 
Except in the bleak upland districts, this is a generally 
distributed and very common species. Young examples 
are to be met with in the early part of the year; they attain 
maturity in June and July, and immediately after pairing 
the males disappear. The females, however, are to be found 
beside their eggs (concealed in folded leaves on bushes, 
hedges, nettles, etc.) far into the autumn, some lingering 
even into winter, when the first spell of frost kills them off. 
The pretty varieties with the red markings on the back are 
not uncommon, 
Corstorphine Hill and Dalkeith, April, several young; Greenbank, May, 
numbers of young ; Seafield, ete., June, numerous ad. gs and 9s; Colinton, 
Rosslyn, Penicuik, etc., July, ad. gs and @s (especially the latter) very 
common; by Comiston path, Arthur’s Seat, Kirknewton, Braids, etc., Aug., 
@s beside their eggs, very common; Aberlady, Gullane, Drem, Leven, 
Kennoway, Largo, etc., Sept., @s with their eggs and young, abundant ; 
Greenbank, Qct., a few 9s; in Dec. shrivelled up remains of ? s in their nests, 
and some very young examples shaken from among roots of grass, ete. 
Theridion tepidariorum, C. L. K. . 
Abundant in most large greenhouses and- conservatories. 
Examples of all ages are probably to be found at all seasons. 
Orchid houses, Bridge of Allan, Jan., ad. g and several ¢s beside their 
eggs, also many in various stages of immaturity ; Edinburgh Botanic Garden, 
Gardens at Hopetoun, Dalkeith, etc., April, ad. 9s and young examples 
numerous ; Gosford Gardens, Sept., ad. 2 aud several imm. 
