536 REV. O. P. CAMBRIDGE ON NEW AND RARE BRITISH SPIDERS. 
LINYPHIA ANGULIPALPIS. 
Linyphia angulipalpis, Westr. Aran. Suec, p. 128. 
Bathyphantes angulipalpus, Menge, Preuss. Spinn. p. 119, pl. 21. fig. 44. 
An adult male of this easily distinguished Linyphia was contained in the collection of 
spiders made by Mr. James Hardy on the Cheviot Hills, among which were also the 
examples mentioned above, of L. alticeps, Sund. The angular form of the cubital 
joint of the male palpus is one of the leading differential characters of this species. This 
is its first record as British. | 
LINYPHIA RUFA. 
Linyphia rufa, Westr. Aran. Suec. p. 121 ; Thor. Syn. Europ. Spid. p. 64. 
Pedina cristata, Menge, Preuss. Spinn. p. 125, pl. 23. fig. 49. 
Linyphia scopigera, Grube, Verzeich. d. Arachn. Liv-, Kur-, u. Ehstl. p. 59 (470), 3 (9 ad part.). 
Adult examples of both sexes of this very remarkable spider were contained among 
many others collected at Wooler, in Northumberland, in October 1871, by Mr. James 
Hardy, and kindly forwarded by him to me. The size of this spider, as well as the 
peculiar form of the digital joint of the palpus, in the male, which is furnished with a 
large compact brush of long, strong, black bristles, will suffice to render it easily distin- 
guishable from all other known British species of the genus. This is the first record of 
its occurrence in Britain. 
LINYPHIA ERICÆA. 
Linyphia ericea, Blackw. Spid. Gr. Brit. & Ir. p. 237, pl. xvii. fig. 159. 
A collection made by Mr. James Hardy contained adults of both sexes of this minute 
Linyphia, found in Berwickshire in the winter of 1871-72. 
LINYPHIA DECOLOR. 
? Linyphia decolor, Westr. Ar. Suec. p. 131; Cambr. Linn. Trans. xxvii. p. 437, pl. 56. no. 28. 
Adults of both sexes of a Linyphia identical with those determined by Dr. L. Koch to be 
L. decolor, Westr. (Linn. Trans. /. c. suprà) were found in the Berwickshire collection 
made by Mr. Hardy. 
LINYPHIA EXPERTA. 
Linyphia experta, Cambr. Linn. Trans. xxvii. p. 429, pl. 55. no. 23, 
Adult males of this species were found in.the collection above mentioned, made br 
Mr. James Hardy on the Cheviot Hills. This spider has been conjectured by Westring 
io be the male of his Zrigone robusta (Ar. Suec. p. 276); but Dr. Thorell is evidently 
correct in believing it to be of quite a distinct species (conf. Thor. Syn. Eur. Spid. 
130, 131). 
LINYPHIA APPROXIMATA. 
Linyphia approximata, Cambr. Linn. Trans. xxvii. p. 424, pl. 55. no. 19. 
