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Spiders collected in Neighbourhood of Edinburgh. 5 
Pachygnatha clerckii, Sund. 
This well-marked spider is widely distributed and common 
in the district in beds of iris, carex, and other plants grow- 
ing in marshy places. Adults may be obtained at most 
times of the year. 
By Braidburn, Feb. and March, three ad. gs and a number of 938; 
Otterston Loch, April, ¢; Luffness Links, May, a few ad. gs and 9s; 
Duddingston Loch, May, ¢; Loch Leven, June, ad. g and ?; Rosslyn, 
July, 2; Kileonquhar, among reeds, Sept., many ad. gs and ?s; Drum- 
shoreland, Sept., a few ?s; Luffness Marshes, among iris, Oct., ad. ¢s and 
?s abundant ; Duddingston Loch, Oct., many gs and 9s; Greenbank, 
Dec., ad. ¢. 
Pachygnatha degeerii, Sund. 
Generally distributed and abundant practically throughout 
the year. Adult males chiefly during spring and autumn. 
Comiston, Balerno, Habbie’s Howe (Pentlands), Kirknewton, Pettycur, 
March, ad. gs and 29s common; Donibristle, Burntisland, Arthur’s Seat, 
April, a few gs and 9s; Aberlady, etc., May and June, a few 9s; Fair- 
milehead, 1st July, ad. ¢; Rosslyn Castle, among cut grass, 25th July, 
many imm. and young; Isle of May, 17th Aug., ¢ (just mature) and 9; 
Leven, Elie, etc., Aug. and Sept., numbers both ad. and imm.; Balerno, 
Drumshoreland, Luffness, Sept., many ad. ¢s and 9s; Gosford, Sept., imm. 
?; Oxgangs, Boghall, Bonaly, Oct., és and 9s common; Bridge of Allan, 
Dec., ¢ ; etc. 
“ Walckenaéra bicolor, BI.” 
In June 1861, Mr Cambridge found an example (an adult 
male) of this minute spider under a stone on Arthur’s Seat. 
Unfortunately the type has been lost, and it is next to 
impossible to say now where it ought to be placed in the 
systematic list, or to which genus it should be assigned. 
We have, therefore, thought it best to insert it under its 
original name, at the end of the Theridiide. 
Family EPEIRIDA:. 
Meta segmentata (Clk.). 
ELpeira inclinata, Bl, Spid. Great Brit. and Irel. 
Generally distributed and very’ abundant, fixing its 
orbicular webs on all sorts of bushes and herbage. Adults 
