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Cnephalocotes has only once before been taken in Britain, 
namely, at Hoddesden, Herts; while the #lurops has 
hitherto been noticed only in Dorsetshire and Hampshire. 
I. ADDITIONS TO FORMER LIST. 
Cnephalocotes interjectus, Cambr. 
Among a number of small spiders obtained from under a 
stone in the lane behind Morningside Park, Edinburgh, on 
26th September 1895, the Rev. O. P. Cambridge, who 
kindly looked them over for us, detected an adult male of 
this rare species. This is but the second British record. 
The species was described by Mr Cambridge in 1888 from 
a male taken at Hoddesden, Herts, and he has since received 
it from Holland. 
Epeira cornuta (Clk.). 
Epeira apoclisa, Bl, Spid. Great Brit. and Irel. 
An adult male, a number of adult females in their nests, 
and many young examples were detected on marsh plants 
erowing in a ditch on Luffness Links, Aberlady, on 27th 
August 1896. Having drawn attention, in the introductory 
part of our paper, to the absence of this fine spider from the 
list, we are the more pleased to be able to add it now. 
Epeira umbratica (CIk.). 
We are also pleased to be able to add this large though 
plain-looking Lpeira to our list. In September 1894 a colony 
was discovered on some dead Scots firs standing on the edge 
of the wood skirting the north side of the Tyne estuary 
at Tyninghame, in East Lothian; and on 10th July 1895 
a similar, though smaller, colony was found on dead poplars 
in a plantation opposite Luffness House in the same county. 
All the specimens examined (over a dozen) were females, 
mostly adult ; but not wishing to destroy the habitats, we 
removed small portions only of the loose bark under which 
the spiders were concealed. Their large and somewhat 
