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Theridion pallens, Bi. 
On shrubs and other low bushes; not common. 
Aberdour, on whins, April, two 9s; Hopetoun, on yew, April, g and 
two ¢s; Gosford, Sept., ¢ and three ?s imm. 
Pholcomma gibbum (Westr.). 
Widely distributed, and fairly common among the débris 
under whin bushes, heather, etc. Adult males obtained in 
autumn as well as in spring. 
Braid and Blackford Hills, Hillend (Pentlands), Dreghorn, Bonaly Glen, 
Balerno, Feb. and March, many ad. gs and 9s; Aberdour and Bavelaw 
Moss, April and May, a few gs, more 9s; Pentlands (near Glencorse 
Reservoir), Sept., numerousad. sand 9s; Keilsden and moss near Thornton 
(Fife), Aug. and Sept., a few ¢s; Mortonhall, and Boghall (Pentlands), Oct., 
afew ?s, 
Crustulina guttata (Wid.). 
Theridion guttatum, Bl. Spid. Gr. Brit. and Irel. 
Steatoda guttata, Cambr. Spid. Dorset. 
This interesting and distinctly marked little species seems 
to be very local—the two localities after-mentioned being 
the only places in which we have, as yet, detected it. This 
is the first record of it for Scotland. 
Braid Hills, near the west end, among the débris under whin bushes, 2nd 
Feb. 1893, two és and a 9 ad., and two young; same locality, 21st Feb., 
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six ad. ésand 9s; Blackford Hill under whins, 16th March, two és and 
one ? ad., and two young @s. 
Pedanostethus neglectus (Cb.). 
Neriene neglecta, Cambr. Spid. Dorset. 
Apparently a rare spider, only two examples (both adult 
males) having as yet been detected. Mr Cambridge, who 
identified our first specimen, had previously received (and 
recorded) the species from Paisley. 
Temple (Midlothian), one ¢, 27th July 1893; near Leven (Fife), one 6, 
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Pedanostethus lividus (BI.). 
Neriene livida, Bl. Spid. Gr. Brit. and Irel., and Cambr. Spid. Dorset. 
Generally distributed and common, especially in the up- 
land districts, where it ascends quite to the hill-tops. Adult 
