Spiders collected in Neighbourhood of Edinburgh. 551 
males frequent from autumn to spring. Would seem to 
breed twice a year, as we have found females beside their 
egg-cocoons in April and October. Sixty-six eggs, many 
of which hatched during first week of May, were taken 
from one cocoon. 
Pentlands (above Hillend) and Dalmeny Park, Feb., ad. gs and 9s; 
Boghall, Kitchen Moss, and Carnethy (Pentlands), March and April, ad. gs 
and 9 s—two beside ege-cocoons; Aberdour, April, several gs and 9s, some 
imm.; Ravensnook Moor, July, two ad. 9s; Aberlady, Pentlands, Bavelaw 
Moss, Sept., afew ad. gs and 9s; Pentlands above Boghall, Bonaly Glen, 
Bavelaw Castle, and summit of Scaldlaw, Oct., many ad. gs and 9s—some 
beside egg-cocoons ; Pentlands above Hillend, etc., Nov., ad. gsand 9s, 
Tapinopa longidens (Wid.). 
Linyphia longidens, Bl. Spid. Gr, Brit. and Irel. 
Widely distributed, but not plentiful. Probably breeds in 
spring as well as in autumn, though we have observed adult 
males and egg-cocoons only during the latter season. The 
number of eggs in one of the cocoons was forty-nine. 
Braid Hills, Feb., four 9s; Aberdour, April, two 9s; Rosslyn, July, 
imm. ?; Arthur’s Seat, Aug., several 6s and one imm. 9; Wemyss and 
Largo (Fife), Aug., two ¢s and two ?s ad.; Luffness and Gullane Links, 
Sept., two gs and about twenty ¢?s, all ad.; Scaldlaw (Pentlands), Oct., 
one ? ; Caerketton Hill (south side of), 20th Oct., one ad. g, and numerous 
9s beside their egg-cocoons in hollows under stones ; Boghall, Noy., ad. @. 
Bolyphantes luteolus (BI.). 
 Linyphia alticeps, Bl. Spid. Gr. Brit. and Irel. 
Linyphia luteola, Cambr. Spid. Dorset. 
This is one of the most widely distributed and abundant 
spiders in the district. In the immediate vicinity of the 
city it 1s quite as common as in the outlying localities. 
Behind grass growing at the foot of a wall is a favourite 
habitat. A hardy species, there being few days throughout 
the winter when it cannot be obtained with ease. Adults 
of both sexes from autumn to spring—most abundant, 
however, about end of autumn and beginning of winter. 
Roadsides south of Edinburgh, Pentlands, etc., Jan. and Feb., several 
ad. gs and many ?s, one young; March, a number of ad. ?s; April, one 
ad. g anda few ?s; Rosslyn, Penicuik, Temple, etce., June and July, many 
