Spiders collected in Neighbourhood of Edinburgh. 583 
ad. and two young @s of the very pale variety—the 7. pallidus, Bl.; 
Arthur’s Seat, Aug., ad. ? ; Luffness, Sept., two imm. 9s; Do., Oct., ¢ and 
? imm. (O. P. C.); Boghall (south side of Pentlands), Oct., gs and @3s 
imm.; Bonaly Glen, Oct., young 9; roadside, Kaimes, Dec., numerous 
9s imm, 
Oxyptila simplex, Cb. 
An adult female Oxyptila, found on 15th June 1894, 
beside a stone in an old limestone quarry at Longniddry, 
East Lothian, has been identified by Mr Cambridge as belong- 
ing to this species, which has not hitherto been recorded for 
Scotland. 
Philodromus aureolus (Cl.). 
Generally distributed and abundant; easily obtained by 
beating furze and other low bushes. Adult about the 
beginning of summer. 
Botanic Garden, March, several imm.; Corstorphine Hill, Hopetoun, 
Aberdour, ete., April, many imm. gs and 9s, some quite small; Braid 
Hills, Belstane near Kirknewton, ete., May and June, many gésand 9s ad. 
and imm.; Seafield, end of June, a few quite small; Dreghorn, Penicuik, 
July, several imm., others young; Rosslyn, July, ad. ? beside her brood ; 
Arthur’s Seat, Aug., a few young; Thornton, Leven, etc., Aug., a few ad. 
9s and numbers imm. and young; Glencorse, Aberlady, Guilane, Tyning- 
hame, Sept., several ad. 9s and many imm.; Bridge of Allan, Dec., g and 
@ imm, 
Family LYCOSIDA. 
Pirata piraticus (Cl.). 
Lycosa piratica, Bl. Spid. Great Brit. and Irel. 
Widely distributed and common in marshy ground. The 
majority breed about June, but we have seen a female 
carrying her egg-cocoon in September. 
Balerno, Glencorse Reservoir, etc., March, a number imm.; Bavelaw Moss, 
Aberdour, Burntisland, Otterston, April, many imm., some quite small; Luff- 
ness Marshes, May, ad. ?,andnumerousimm. gsand 9s; Duddingston Loch, 
Luffness Links, ete., June, ad. és and 9s common, a number of the latter 
carrying egg-cocoons; Peebles, July, a few ad. 9s; Moss near Thornton, 
Aug., common, ad. and imm.; Drumshoreland Curling-Pond, Leven, Luff- 
ness, Sept., common, ad. and imm., a few és ad.; Kilconquhar, Sept., 
carrying egg-cocoon ; Luffness, Oct., young common. 
