7566 Aravhnida. 



L. lierbigrada, Blackw. (see Zool. 6495). Females of this very dis- 

 tiucUy marked species had been taken before, but no males ; in May 

 and June, 1860, however, I found both sexes, adult, very common, 

 but local, on heaths at Lyndhurst, Hants, and Blox worth, Dorset. 

 This species seems peculiar to heaths in the South of England, and 

 rather local there; the ashy gray ground colour of it admirably adapts 

 it to the spots where it delights to bask in the bright sunshine. It is 

 a very active species, and captures its prey, small beetles especially, 

 by fairly coursing them down. This is also the case with L. picta 

 and L. andrenivora, which last in turn courses down L. lierbigrada : I 

 have seen several very exciting and amusing chases of the kind ; L. 

 herbigrada though generally manages, I suspect, to get away, owing 

 to its great speed, unless caught at a meuse or surprised unawares, 

 and if so, L. andrenivora being so far superior in size, the issue of the 

 light is not long doubtful. As far as my observations go, I do not 

 think any Lycosa jumps on its prey, like the Salticidse, but always 

 seizes it in fair plain running, whether the prey is either running or 

 stationary. 



L. latitans, Blackw. Frequent in sloppy marshes near Bloxworth, 

 Dorset. I have also found a few solitary specimens among damp 

 luoss on the lawn at Bloxworth Rectory, far removed from niarshy 

 ground. This well bears out Mr. Blackwall's observation (' History 

 of British Spiders,' p. 34), " that it connects the purely terrestrial with 

 the semi-aquatic Lycosae ; " it is adult in June. 



L. piscatoria, Koch. Frequent in sloppy marshes, in company with 

 L. latitans, and adult at the same time. 



Dolomedes ornatus Blackw. (see Zool. 6495). Frequent, in May, 

 1860, on rushes and grass in bogs on Lyndhurst Heath, but none 

 adult. I have a suspicion (shared in by Mr. Meade), that this will 

 eventually prove to be only the immature state of D. fimbriatus. 



Hecaerge spinimana, Sundevul. Not rare, Hursley and Bloxworth, 

 among weeds and rubbish in hedges, and at the roots of heath ; 

 throughout the year. 



Family Salticid^. 



Salticus sparsus, Blackw. (Zool. 6495). Adults of both sexes, not 

 rare, on walls of Red House, Hursley, end of May, 1860. 



S. quinquepartilus, Walck. New as British. An adult male taken 

 on Bloxwoilh Heath by myself, in July, 1860; and one received 

 shortly after from Bournemouth, Hants, taken by O. H. Crewe, Esq. 



