86 Falconer : The Spiders of Yorkshire. 



Fam. MiMETiD^E, 2-3. 

 Gen. Ero C. L. Koch, 2-3. 



E. fiircata Vill. (£. thoracica Wid.). 



Widely distributed in the British Isles and on the Continent, 

 occurring also in the Azores and N. America ; amongst grass, 

 heather and other herbage. Adult in spring and summer. 

 First record — Yorkshire, S.G.B.I., sub Theridion variegaium 

 Bl ; Bradford, R.H.M. (V.C.H.). Widely but thinly scattered 

 through the county. 



V.C. 61. — Brantingham Dale, Bridlington, Bielsbeck, Sand-le-mere, 

 Houghton Woods, King's Mill Marsh (Driffield), Cottingham, 

 Riplingham, Spurn, Kilnsea, T.S. ; Selby ; Riccall Common; 

 Scampston . 



V.C. 62. — Eston and Ayton, ' common,' J.W.H. ; Boosbeck ; 

 Kilton Woods ; Marske ; Cayton Bay ; Ringingkeld Bog ; 

 Hayburn Wyke ; Ravenscar ; Levisham. 



V.C. 63.— Bradford, R.H.M. ; Harden, Beckfoot, Shipley, W.P.W. ; 

 Maltby ; Deffer Wood (Cawthorn) ; Fenay Bridge ; woods near 

 Huddersfield (Butternab, Honley Old, Woodsome, Savile and 

 Dean Woods) ; Sun Dean. 



V.C. 64.— Howden Ghyll, Shipley Glen, W.P.W. ; Wliarfcdale, 

 Bolton Woods to Boston Spa ; Stubbing Moor ; E. Rigton ; 

 Adel Moor and King Wood ; Alwoodley ; Chandler's Whin 

 (York) ; Sawley district ; Knaresborough ; Hackfall ; Giggles- 

 wick. 

 E. cambridgii Kulcz. 



Separated from English examples of E. furcata Vill. by Prof. 

 Kulczynski, ' Fragmenta Arachnologica, No. IX.', Jan., 1911, 

 pp. 61-2 ; since recognised in Dorset, New Forest, Staffs., 

 Wicken Fen, Cheshire, Cumberland and Northumberland. 

 Season as in the last. The two species are the makers of the 

 graceful long-stalked balloon-shaped eggsacs attached to the 

 stems of low vegetation or the under surface of stones. 



V.C. 62. — Cliffs, west of Marske, 3 $s, Aug., 1910. 



Fam. Thomisid^, 16-40. 

 Sub-fam. Thgmistn.t-:, 11-25. 

 Gen. Dicea Thor., 1-2. 

 D. doYsata Fabr. 



Nothing is known of this spider as a northern species except the 

 record below, extracted from S. G.B.I, and localised in the 

 V.C.H. by the Rev. O. Pickard Cambridge. Noted for North 

 Whales, Dorset, Hants., Surrey, Essex, Oxford, Staffs., Lines. 

 V.C. 63.— Bradford, R.H.M. 



Gen. Xvsticus C. L. Koch., 6-1 1. 

 X. cristatus Clerck. 



Common and widely distributed in the British Isles and on the 

 Continent ; in various situations on the ground, wandering 

 amongst herbage or beneath stones. Adult ^ May and June 

 mainly, $ throughout the year. First occurrence — the author, 

 Slaithwaite, June, 1897. 



V.C. 61, 62, O3, 64. — Very widely diffused and recorded stations 

 very numerous. 



V.C. 65. — Croft, E.A.P. ; Mickleton, Upper Teesdale ; Semmcrdale ; 

 Whorton ; Aysgarth. 



{To be continued). 



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