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Bathyphantes variegatus (BI.). 
Neriene variegata, Bl. Spid. Great Brit. and Irel. 
Linyphia variegata, Cambr. Spid. Dorset. 
Widely distributed and abundant, especially among heather 
and on furze in subalpine localities. Adults may be met 
with practically throughout the year, but they are apparently 
more numerous in spring and autumn than at other seasons, 
which would seem to point to the species being double- 
brooded. 
By Braidburn, Braid Hills, Pentlands, Feb., a few ad. gs and ¢s; 
Blackford Hill, Arthur's Seat, Rosslyn, Leadburo, Joppa, Bonaly, Currie 
Moor, Bavelaw Moss, Kirknewton, Pettycur, March, about fifty ad. és 
and ¢s; Corstorphine Hill, Balerno, Aberdour, ete., April and May, 
numerous ad. gs and @s and a few young; Rosslyn, Arthur’s Seat, Thornton, 
Glencorse, July, Aug., and Sept., a few ¢@s; North Morton, Bavelaw, 
Caerketton, and Scaldlaw (Pentlands), Gullane, etc., Oct. and Nov., numerous 
ad. gsand @s. 
Bathyphantes concolor (Wid.). 
Theridion filipes, Bl. Spid. Great Brit. and Irel. 
Linyphia concolor, Cambr. Spid. Dorset. 
An abundant spider among grass and other herbage, and 
under stones about roadsides, plantations, etc., throughout 
the lowland parts of the district. In Dorsetshire Mr 
Cambridge finds it during spring and early summer, but 
with us adults are as common in late autumn and winter as 
in spring. 
At foot of wall, Comiston Road, Jan., two ad. és anda number of 9s; 
roadsides south of Edinburgh (Fairmilehead, Hillend, etc.), Feb., several 3, 
numerous ?s; Craiglockhart Wood, Salisbury Crags, Joppa, Pettycur, etc., 
March, numerous ad. gs and 9s; Blackford Hill, Corstorphine Hill, 
Aberdour, etc., April and May, a few ad. gs, more 9s; Seafield, June, a 
few 9s; Aberlady, Sept., ad. ¢ ; Boghall, Bonaly, Balerno, etc., Oct., a 
few gsand 9s; Colinton, Comiston, Kaimes, Craigmillar, ete., Nov., gs 
and 9s common, Dec. abundant. 
Bathyphantes approximatus (Cb.). 
Linyphia approximata, Cambr. Spid. Dorset. 
Common among grass, iris, etc., in marshy places. Adult in 
spring and autumn. Dr Hardy: has taken it in Berwickshire. 
