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males then rapidly disappear, though an occasional one may 
be met with up to September. Females, however, carrying 
their egg-cocoons or newly hatched young, are common 
throughout the summer, a few occurring even as late as 
October. Two cocoons examined contained twenty-two and 
twenty-seven eggs respectively. Young of various sizes are 
to be met with at all seasons of the year. The following is 
an analysis of our records, leaving out localities, which include 
every place we have examined, the Isle of May not excepted. 
Jan, and Feb., young of various sizes frequent at foot of a sunny wall, etc. ; 
March, imm. és and 9s and young examples abundant, one ? ad.; April, 
imm. of various sizes abundant, and many ad. gs and ?s towards end of 
month; May, ad. gs and 9s abundant, and many young; June, ad. gs 
frequent, ad. s carrying egg-cocoons numerous, and some young examples; 
July, several ad. gs and a number of ?s with egg-cocoons; Aug. and Sept., 
ad. 9s (some with egg-cocoons) and imm. examples common,—two ad gs in 
Sept.; Oct., two ?s with egg-cocoons, and many imm.. of various ages; Nov. 
and Dec., imm. and young ¢s and ?s common. 
Lycosa nigriceps, Thor. 
Generally distributed and abundant. Most of the remarks 
made in respect of the last species apply equally to this. 
Buckstone Farm (under stone), Braid Hills (under furze), Jan., several 
young ésand ¢?s; Braids, Hillend, etc., Feb., a number of young and imm. 
és and 9s; Blackford Hill, Bonaly, Balerno, Kirknewton, Loganlee, 
Carnethy, March, many young and imm. gs and 9s; Aberdour, Bavelaw, 
etc., April, numbers imm., and a few ad. gs and ¢s; Kirknewton, Pent- 
lands, ete., May, ad. gs and 9s (some with egg-eoeoons) and young 
examples common; Longniddry, Braids, etc., June, a few ad. 9s and 
numbers imm. (iostly quite small); Rosslyn and Penicuik, July, a good 
many quite young; Glencorse, Leven, Thornton, Aug. and Sept., numbers 
very young, others larger but imm., and one or two ad. 9s; Tyninghame, 
25th Sept., ad. g and 9 and others imm.; Bonaly Glen, Scaldlaw, Luffness 
Woods, ete., Oct., a number ofimm. és and 9s, some about full size, others 
quite small; Turnhonse Hill, 30th Oct., ad. ¢ carrying egg-cocoon, and 
many young; Bridge of Allan, Dec., a few young. 
Lycosa palustris (L.). 
Lycosa exigua, Bl. Spid. Great Brit. and Irel. 
Widely distributed and fairly common. Adults chiefly in 
May and June. By no means confined to marshy ground, as 
its name may seem to imply; indeed, we have found it fully 
