7558 Arachnida. 



Family Drassid^. 



Drassus seiiceus, Sundeval (Zool. 6497), Rare, Hursley, in May, 

 1860, and Bloxworth, throughout the year. 



D. lucifugus, Walck. (Zool. 6497). Males adult, and females im- 

 mature, under stones and dry cowdung, Bloxworth Heath, July and 

 August, 1860 ; rare. 



D. pedestris, Koch. New as British. Not rare ; males and females, 

 adult and immature, under stones and rocks, Portland, July, 1860. 

 This species is allied to D. ater, but the shortness of the hairs cover- 

 ing its abdomen, the tarsal, metatarsal and tibial joints of the legs, 

 which in immature specimens are constantly pale whitish, and in 

 mature specimens brownish red, besides the very different form and 

 structure of the palpi and the colour of the plates of the spiracles, 

 readily distinguish it from D. ater. It is an exceedingly nimble 

 species. 



D. pusillus, Koch. Male and female adult, among rubbish in hedge 

 on Hursley Down, May, 1860. 



D. prselongipes, Cambridge. New to Science. Rare ; three adult 

 males and an adult female, running on edge of bare spots on the heath, 

 and at heath roots, Bloxworth, July, 1860 ; also an immature female, 

 received about the same time, from Mr. C. H. Brown, Southport, 

 Lancashire. 



D. subniger, Cambridge. Nevp^ to Science. An adult male, among 

 rubbish in hedge on Hursley Down, May, 1860. 



D. lapidicolens, Walck., Koch (Zool. 6863). A male adult at Hursley, 

 May, 1860; also males and females, adult and immature, common 

 under stones, &c., Portland, June, 1860. 



D. fulgens, Walck. New as British. A male adult and two im- 

 mature females of this brilliant spider, under stones, Portland, July, 

 1860. 



D. propinquus Blackw. (Zool. 6497). Rare, among dead rubbish 

 in hedges, Hursley, May 1860, and at heath roots, Bloxworth ; adults 

 of both sexes common under stones, Portland, June, 1860. 



Clubiona corticalis, Walck. (Zool. 6497). Immature specimens of 

 both sexes frequent under bark on old decaying trees at Calke Abbey, 

 near Derby, in April, 1860. An adult male received fi'om the same 

 locality in July, from the Rev. T. W. Huthwaite. 



C. brevipes, Blackw. Rare, adult males on underwood, Lyndhurst 

 and Bloxworth, May and June, 1860. 



C. comta, Koch (Zool. 6497.) Frequent, on trees and bushes, Hursley, 



