Spiders collected in Neighbourhood of Edinburgh. 581 
newton, etc., May, a fewimm.; Braids, June, imm. 6s and 9s and some very 
young; Rosslyn, Penicuik, Edgelaw, West Linton, July, a good many imm., 
and young; Arthur’s Seat, Braids, Thornton, ete., Aug., ad. gs and 9s, 
aud imm, examples common; Glencorse (Pentlands), Long Yester and 
Tynefield (East Lothian), Leven, Largo, ete, (Fife), Sept., adults and 
young examples common ; Bonaly, ete., Oct., a few young ?s. 
Epeira agalena, Walck. 
Rare, the only examples we have found being two males 
and a female, well grown but immature, and a number of 
smaller specimens beaten from a young conifer in Gosford 
grounds, East Lothian, on 17th and 20th Sept. 1893. Has 
been taken in Perthshire by Mr Morris Young, and at Avie- 
more, in Inverness-shire, by ourselves. 
Family THOMISID. 
Xysticus cristatus (Cl.). 
Thomisus cristatus, Bl. Spid. Great Brit. and Irel. 
Universally distributed and abundant. Adults of both 
sexes are common from March to June; the males then 
practically disappear, but the females remain in evidence for 
some time longer, and are to be found occasionally in every 
month of the year. Young and immature examples are 
abundant in autumn and early spring. Females appear 
always to be much more numerous than males. 
The following is an analysis of our data, leaving out the localities, which 
are very numerous, and range from the Isle of May to Stirling, and from the 
shores of the Forth to the tops of the highest hills:—Jan., several imm. and 
young; Feb., numerous 9s anda good many ¢s, a few of the former ad., 
the others imm. and young; March, many ¢s ad. and imm., and a fewimm. 
és; April, ad. 9s common, and several ad, gs, also a number of imm. 9s 
and some very young; May, a number of ad. 9s, a few ad. ¢s, and some 
young; June, an ad, ¢, and several ?s both ad. and imm.; July, imm, and 
young 9s; Aug., two ad. and several imm. gs and many @s, a few only 
being ad.; Sept., a few imm. és and many @s, a few being ad. and some 
quite young; Oct., numerous imm. and young examples, and a few ad. ?s; 
Nov., numbers young and imm.; Dec., ad. g-and a few 9s, one being 
mature, 
