Spiders collected in Neighbourhood of Edinburgh. — 575 
it in May and June; we have found it, however, chiefly in 
autumn. In France, M. Simon finds it both in spring and 
autumn. 
Leadburn, March, ?; near Kileonquhar, Sept., 9; Pentlands, by path 
leading from Glencorse Reservoir to Currie, 14th Sept., ¢ just after final 
moult; Luffness Links, on buckthorn, Oct., two ?s; Gullane, at foot of 
wall, Oct., 9; Bonaly Glen, Oct., 9; Swanston Hill, Oct., ad. ¢. 
Walckenaéra nudipalpis (Westr.). 
Very rare, an adult male found among moss in an old fir 
plantation, Luffness, East Lothian, being the only specimen 
we have yet discovered. It has been taken in Berwickshire, 
and near Paisley. 
Walckenaéra obtusa, BI. 
Another rarity, of which a single specimen, an adult male, 
was taken among moss and heather on the Pentlands 
(between Glencorse Reservoir and Currie Moor), on 14th 
Sept. 1895. Has been found by Dr Hardy in Berwickshire. 
Walckenaéra acuminata, BI. 
This singular species, the adult male of which carries his 
eyes on a tall slender process, reminding one of a miniature 
lighthouse, arising from the fore-part of his head, is widely 
distributed, and fairly common under stones and among 
moss, etc. . Adult males in autumn and winter. 
By Braidburn, Comiston, Bonaly Glen, Balerno, Loganlee, Kirknewton, 
Salisbury Crags, March, a number of ad. @s, singly or at most two together ; 
Aberdour, April, 9; Wemyss (Fife), Aug., imm. ¢?; Luffness, in old fir 
plantation, Sept., two ad. 9s; Luffness Links, Sept., three ad. $s; Bonaly 
Glen, Oct., 9; near Bavelaw Castle, Oct., three ¢s; Pentlands between 
Boghall and Swanston, Oct., three gs and three 9s; Pentlands above 
Hillend, Nov., 9; Swanston, Nov., ¢ and 9; Bridge of Allan, Dec., two 
és. 
Prosopotheca monoceros (Wid.). 
Walckenaéra monoceros, Bl, Spid. Great Brit. and Irel., and Cambr. 
Spid. Dorset. 
Of this very rare spider, which is now recorded for the 
first time as Scottish, a single example, an adult male, was 
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