Spiders collected in Neighbourhood of Edinburgh. 553 
Linyphia lineata (L.). 
Neriene trilineata, Bl. Spid. Great Brit. and Irel. 
Linyphia bueculenta, Cambr. Spid. Dorset. 
Widely distributed and common: adults from autumn to 
spring. 
Comiston and Buckstone, under stones, Jan., five gs and three 9s ad. ; 
Braid Hills and Hillend, under whins, Feb., a dozen ad. 6s and 9s and 
several young; Arthur’s Seat, roadside south of Edinburgh, and at Pettycur, 
March, a number of ad. gs and ?s; Aberdour, April, an ad. ¢; Rosslyn 
and Penicuik, July, a few imm.; Arthur’s Seat, Aug., imm. 6; Luffness 
Links, Oct., ad. ¢ and two 9s of a dark variety; North Morton, Oct., two 
ad. gsandimm. g and @. 
Linyphia clathrata, Sund. 
Neriene naryinata, Bl, Spid. Great Brit. and Irel. 
Generally distributed and abundant: adult males from 
autumn to spring. 
By Braidburn, Colinton, North Morton, Hillend, under overhanging banks, 
hedges, etc., Feb., many ad. gs and ?s and a number of young ; Comiston, 
Rosslyn, Balerno, Kirknewton, Dalkeith, Otterston, March, April, May, ad. 
gsand @sand a good many young; Longniddry, June, ad. ? ; Colinton, Bog- 
hall, Rosslyn, July, several ad. 9s and many imm. gs and 9s; Wemyss, 
Leven, Kilconquhar, Aberlady, Aug. and Sept., ad. sand sand a number 
imm.; The Bush and Dreghorn, Oct. and Nov., a few ad. gs and several 
young; Braid, Greenbank, Bridge of Allan, Dec., a dozen ad. gsand ¢s. 
Linyphia montana (Cl.). 
Linyphia marginata, Bl. Spid. Great Brit. and Irel. 
This is a local and by no means common spider in the 
district ; partial to young conifers and ornamental bushes in 
pleasure-grounds ; pairs about the beginning of summer. In 
1877 Mr H. C. Young took it at Dunoon and Rannoch, and 
recorded it as new to Scotland (Proc. Glas. Nat. Hist. 
Soc., iii, 351). Although not in Mr Cambridge’s list of 
Scottish spiders (Zntomologist, 1877), it had, however, been 
recorded from Berwickshire by Dr Hardy as long ago as 
1858 (Proc. Berw. Nat. Club, iv., 94). 
Rosslyn, March, one mature ¢ and several imm, gs and ?s; Raith 
April, imm. ¢; Dalmeny Park, May, ad. ¢ and @ andimm. 8 ; Rosslyn, 
July, ad. ?; Gosford Grounds, Sept., @ andimm. g and young ¢. 
