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FIELD NOTE. 
ARACHNIDA. 
Arachnids on the N. Wales Coast.—Among a number 
of species taken on the N. Wales coast during the latter half 
of July, 1915, the following are worthy of special record :— 
Hahnia pusilla C. L. Koch :—one female in the wood at the 
base of the Tower Hill, Abergele ; a very rare British spider, 
on record for Delamere Forest, and for two Yorkshire locali- 
ties, Hebden Bridge, and Sawley Moor, near Ripon. Wideria 
melanocephala Cambr:—two Qs on the foreshore between 
Pensarn and Llandulas and three Qs in the above-named 
wood ; previously reported for Dorset, New Forest, Wicken 
Fen, Delamere Forest, Cumberland and Leinster. Oxyptila 
sanctuaria Cambr. 4, Q at the base of herbage at Gogarth, 
Great Orme, and several 4s in two places on Conway Mountain 
from procumbent furze; rare, and noted for Dorset, Sussex 
and Guernsey. I have had also examples to name from 
Epping Forest, and Aberystwith. Nearly all the specimens 
so far met with in this country have been males. Amnelasmo- 
cephalus cambridgii Westw :—hill behind Cefn yr Osof Cave, 
Gwrych, from a mixture of moss, furze and dirt, and the wood 
at the foot of Tower Hill, Abergele, from humus ; one example 
at each place; the rarest but one of our harvestmen, and 
easily recognised not only by its structure, but also from its 
peculiar habit of covering its body and limbs with dirt. Pre- 
viously known from Dorset, Isle of Wight, Sussex and Cornwall, 
and I have had an example from Tring.—W. FALCONER, 
Slaithwaite. 


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The Ivish Naturalist for September contains a portrait of Lieut. 
Colin M. Selbie. 
Knowledge for September contains notes on ‘ Fossil Otoliths,’ by 
Col. C. E. Shepherd. 
Knowledge for October contains a well-illustrated article on ‘The 
History of Laboratory Heating Appliances,’ by S. C. Bradford. 
‘ Animals that break themselves up ’ is the title of an illustrated paper 
by C. F. Newallin The Animal World for October. 
The Entomologist for October contains a paper on ‘ Biological and 
Systematic Notes on British Thysanoptera,’ by C. B. Williams. 
In an interesting report on ‘ British Odonata in 1915,’ which appears 
in The Entomologist for September, Mr. W. J. Lucas gives particulars 
of a number of Lancashire and Cheshire records. 
In The Geological Magazine for September, Mr. A. R. Horwood writes 
on ‘The Upper Trias of Leicestershire.’ We notice he briefly describes 
a new Triassic beetle, Pterostiches grandia, which we sincerely hope is a 
beetle. 
Messrs. R. 5. Bagnall and J. W. H. Harrison contribute ‘ Records of 
some New British Plant-galls, III. New Cecidomyd Galls found during 
the Summer.’ to The Entomologist’s Record for September. The list is 
extensive, and most of the records are from the northern counties. 
1916: Nov. 1. 
