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THE SPIDERS OF YORKSHIRE. 



WM. FALCONER, K.E.S. 



Slaithwaiie , II udder sfield. 



( Continued from The Naturalist for igjo, p. j88J. 



Gen. Epeira Walck., 8-20.* 

 E. pyramidata Clcrck. 



Uncommon and of local distribution in Gt. Britain, and absent 

 from Ireland, but usually plentiful where found. Adult 

 summer and autumn. First record — Scientific Opinion, Bishop 

 Wood, October 13th, 1869, Vol. II., p. 421. 



V.C. 64. — Bishop Wood, J. Grassham ; also C. Smethurst, Natural- 

 ist, January, 1880 ; many examples on trees, mostly immature, 

 Y.N.IJ., 1715, in same wood ; Grass Woods, i $, from hazel, 

 J. W. Carter; Dalton Lane (Bramham); many examples from 

 larch . 

 E. citcurbitina Clerck. 



Widely distributed in the British Isles, Europe and Asia, and 

 usually common ; beaten from bushes and the lower branches 

 of trees. Adult May to August. First occurrence — the author, 

 Dalton Lane, May, 1903. 



V.C. 61.— Hessle Cliffs, H.C.D. ; Bubwith, J.F. ; Hesslewood, 

 E.A.P. ; Riccall Common, N. Ferriby, Birkhill Wood (Cotting- 

 ham), Houghton Woods {Market Weighton), Deepdale Woods 

 (Beverley), Leconfield, T.S. ; Rillington ; Scampston. 



V.C. 62. — ' Very common on various shrubs throughout the low- 

 lying grounds at the northern base of the Cleveland Hills,' 

 J.W.H. ; Hayburn Wyke, T.S. 



V.C. 63. — Campsall ; Askern ; Bishop Wood ; Bentley Springs, 

 near Wakefield. 



V.C. 64. — Shipley Glen, Burley-in-Wharfedale, W.P.W. ; Saltaire 

 Park, J. W. Thorpe ; Bolton Woods ; Adel ; Harewood ; E. 

 Keswick ; Woodhall ; Dalton Lane ; Chandler's Whin and 

 Askham Bog. 



V.C. 65. — Hawes Junction, W.P.W. ; Aysgarth. 

 E. diademata Clerck. 



The ' garden ' or ' cross ' spider, very common and of Holarctic 

 distribution ; amongst vegetation, or in the hilly districts on 

 walls, variable in coloration according to habitat. Adult 

 summer and autumn. First record — Specimens from Barw'ick 

 in Elmet shown to Leeds Nat. Club, September 15th, 1874. 



V.C. 61, 62, 63, 64. — Very widely diffused and recorded stations 

 very numerous. 

 E. sturmii Hahn. 



Until 1908 confounded in England with E. triguttata Fabr. 

 The present species occurs in the north of England and in 

 Scotland ; triguttata in the south of this country. Beaten from 

 the branches of trees, especially pines, firs and yews. Adult 

 in May and June. First occurrence — the author, Dalton Lane, 

 June, 1905. 



V.C. 61.— Houghton Woods (Market Weighton), 2 $s, T.S. ; 

 Escrick, J.F. ; Riccall Common, both sexes ; Scampston, i $. 



V.C. 63. — Cawthorn, Deffer Wood, $ and many immature examples ; 

 Clough Hou.se Wood (Slaithwaitel, i adult ,^ from grass 

 surrounding an embedded stone. 



* Epeira angulata recorded by C. Smethurst, Naturalist, January, 

 1880, as from Bishop Wood, I take to be an error. 



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