Spiders collected in Neighbourhood of Edinburgh. — 5d9 
Marl pit near Davidson’s Mains, March, several ad. gs; Otterston Loch, 
April, a few ?s; Duddingston Loch, May, a few 9s; Kilconquhar Loch, 
Sept., numerous ad. gs and ?s; marshy spot near Kirkcaldy, Sept., five 
ésanda ? ; Duddingston Loch, Oct., $s and 9s abundant. 
Bathyphantes nigrinus (Westr.). 
Linyphia pulla, Bl. Spid. Great Brit. and Trel. 
Linyphia nigrina, Cambr. Spid. Dorset, 
Widely distributed and fairly common among grass and 
other herbage. Adults from end of summer to spring. 
By Braidburn, Feb., several gs and ¢?s; near Glencorse Reservoir, March, 
two gs and a @ ad., and numerous young; Arthur’s Seat and Dalkeith, 
April, two ad. gs and 2, and another nearly mature; Duddingston, May, 9° ; 
Rosslyn, July, a few ad. ; Leven, Largo, Raith, Glencorse, Aug. and Sept., 
a number of ad. gs and 9s; The Bush, Dreghorn, ete., Oct. and Nov., 
afewad, $sand 2s, and one young. 
Bathyphantes dorsalis (Wid.). 
Linyphia claytonie, Bl. Spid. Great Brit. and Trel. 
Linyphia dorsalis, Cambr. Spid. Dorset. 
Widely distributed and common on yew hedges, furze 
bushes, ete., from spring to autumn. Adult males observed 
only in spring and early summer. 
By Braidburn, Feb., § and three 9s; Balerno, March, ?; Raith grounds, 
on yew hedge, etc., April, several ad. gs and immense numbers imm. ; 
Aberdour (on whins), Dalkeith Gardens (on conifers), ete., April and May, 
abundant, many adult; Rosslyn, July, a few @s; Leven, Kilconquhar, 
Raith, Gosford, Aug. and Sept., a few ad. ?s, numerous young. 
Bathyphantes gracilis (BI.). 
Linyphia gracilis + L, circumspecta, Bl. Spid. Great Brit. and Irel., 
and Cambr. Spid. Dorset. 
Widely distributed, but not very common among grass, 
etc., from autumn to spring or early summer. 
Roadsides at Buckstone, Comiston, etc., Jan., a fewad. gs; Braid Hills 
(under furze), and by Braidburn, Feb., two gs and two 9s ad.; Loganlee, 
March, ¢ ; Aberdour, April, ¢ ; Dreghorn, June, ad. $; Raith (among 
reeds), Sept., three $s; Luffness Links (among damp grass), and by Dud- 
dingston Loch, Oct., five $s and three 9s; Braids, Noy., 3. 
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