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 THE SPIDERS OF YORKSHIRE. 



WM. FALCONER, F.E.S. 



Slaithwaite, Huddersfield. 



(Continued from page 204). 



Gen. Scotina Menge, 2-2. 

 {Agroeca Westr. ad partem). 

 S. celans Bl. 



A rare spider with habitat similar to A . brunnea Bl., reported from 

 Devon, Dorset, Surrey, Sussex, N. Wales, Northumberland and 

 Cumberland ; an adult (J Grange-over-Sands, August, 1903 ; 

 Leinster and Munster, in Ireland ; abroad, France, Germany, 

 N. Italy, Austria and Switzerland. Adult late summer and 

 autumn, some ^s surviving the winter. 

 V.C. 63. — Carr Wood, Woodsome, Huddersfield, on Storthes Hall 

 side, two adult $s, January, 1910 and August, 191 1, on a damp 

 bank, one $, August, 1918. 

 S. gracilipes Bl. 



An uncommon spider widely distributed in Gt. Britain as far north 

 as Culbin Sands, Forres, N.B. ; rare in Ireland ; Point of Ayre, 

 Isle of Man, July, 1-908, ^s ; abroad France, Switzerland and 

 Croatia. Adult as in previous species. 

 V.C. 61. — Houghton Woods, Market Weighton, one $, May, 1915, 

 T.S. 



Gen. Micariosoma Sim., 1-2. 

 J\I . festivum C. L. Koch. 



Widely distributed in Great Britain as far north as Perthshire ; 

 also in Leinster and Munster, Ireland ; of general occurrence on 

 the continent ; amongst moss and debris and under stones, 

 sometimes associated with ants. Adults in May, 9s later also. 

 V.C. 63. — Wilsden, R.B., a female, May, 1907, an example I have 

 not seen, but named by the Rev. O. Pickard Cambridge. 



Gen. Micaria C. L. Koch, 1-3. 

 J\'I . pulicaria Sund. 



Of antlike form with iridescent tints in reflected light ; beneath 

 stones and amongst grass, sometimes with or near ants. Wide- 

 spread in Gt. Britain as far north as Moray Firth, and on the Con- 

 tinent, but apparently rare in Ireland. Adults throughout the 

 year. First occurrence^the author, Slaithwaite, June, 1898. 



V.C. 61. — Skipwith Common, Allerthorpe Common, Bielsbeck, 

 Humber shore at Welwick and between the Joint Dock, Hull, and 

 Saltend Common, Spurn, T.S. 



V.C. 62. — Eston and Lonsdale, from nests of Donisthorpia nigra, 

 J.W.H. ; Bickley, near Scarborough, H.C.D. ; near Whitby and 

 Staintondale, R.A.T. ; Kildale Woods, W.P.W. ; Tees mouth ; 

 cliffs south of Scarborough. 



V.C. 63.- — Harden, Cottingley Wood, Saltaire, Hurst Wood (Shipley), 

 W.P.W. ; Bingley Woods, R.B., W.P.W. ; Clayton, near 

 Bradford, T. St. ; Askern, T. S. ; Crims worth Dene with Formica 

 rufa, R.B. ; Varley Road, Jerusalem farm. Hill Top, Merridale, 

 Pole Moor, Cupwith, all in the Slaithwaite district ; Dean Head ; 

 Drop Clough ; Wessenden Valley ; Standedge ; Meltham ; 

 Helme ; W^ilshaw ; Farnley ; Crosland Moor ; Butternab Wood ; 

 Kirkheaton ; Langsett. In many of these places found in loose 

 association with ants. 



V.C. 64. — Grassington, R.B. ; Adel Moor ; Washburn Valley. 



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