314 Falconer : The Spiders of York'^hire. 



Fam. Ageleniu^, 8-i6. 

 Gen. Argyroneia Latr., i-i. 

 A . aquatica Latr. 



The ' water spider ' with a wide distribution in the British Isles, 

 and noted in many parts of Europe, including S. Russia ; affixes 

 to water-weeds beneath the surface of ponds and ditches a trans- 

 parent bell-shaped retreat, which it fills with air, and in which 

 it lives. Adult ]\x\y to September. First occurrence — J. Grass- 

 ham, Frost Dam, between Methley and Normanton, 1854-5, 

 recorded in the Naturalist, 1881, December, p. 84. 



V.C. 61.— Ryde Street Brickponds, Hull, H.M.F., later, T.S. ; 

 marl pits at Market Weighton, G.B.W., (Trans. Hull F. Club, 

 1908) ; T.S. (H.M.P. No. 59) ; Saltend Common. T.S. ; Line 

 Ponds, Skipwith Common, J.F. ; very plentiful in all these 

 localities. 



V.C. 62.— Ayton, J.W.H. 



V.C. — 63. — Frost Dam, J.G., see above ; Knottingley. 



V.C. 64. — Askham Bog, abundant, W. D. Roebuck, Naturalist, 

 December, i88r ; and others. Austwick Moss, Clapham, two 

 females, one adult, in a peaty pool, C. Waterfall, there 1916, 

 INIr. A. R. Sanderson, and in plenty. 



Gen. Tegenaria Latr.,* 2-5. 



T. derhamii Scop. 



The ' house spider ' abundant everywhere in neglected corners of 

 buildings, etc., inside and out ; of cosmopolitan distribution. 

 Adult from May to September. First record — ? R. H. Meade, 

 not definitely located but mentioned as if found in Bradford in 

 Gossip on Spiders,' Zoologist, i860, pp. 7146-7151. 



T. si Ives iris C. L. Koch. 



Commoner in the south than in the north of England and noticed 

 in many localities as far north as Cumberland and Northumberland 

 absent from Ireland ; abroad noted for France, Switzerland, 

 Hungary and the T^aol. 

 V.C. 64. — Calverley, an immature example, W.P.W., August, 1908 

 An adult is needed to confirm this record. The finder favours me 

 with the following note : — ' Below stones near the mill by the 

 station. The particular stone was in the private roadway which 

 runs through the mill to the gasworks.' 



Gen. Textrix Sund., i-i. 

 T. denticulaia Oliv. , 



Widely distributed in the British Isles (Dorset to Sutherland), 

 and on the Continent ; in crevices or beneath top stones of 

 walls, screes of stones, occasionally wandering. Adult q May and 

 June, $s most months of the year. First record — Martin Lister, 

 Craven, De Araneis, 1678, p. 67. 



V.C. 62. — Middlesbrough district, ' common on the moors,' J.W.H. ; 

 Beast Undercliff, Staintondalc, T.S. ; Snevcr Moorland, near 

 Coxwold, W.E.L.W. ; Hackness and Raincliff Woods, R.A.T. ; 

 Boulby. 



V.C. 63. — Cottingley, W.P.W. ; Earby, F.R. ; Dungeon Wood 

 (Shipley), J.A.B. ; Almondbury ; old lane, near Lepton Great 

 Wood (Huddersfield) ; Nethcrton ; Denby Dale. 



* T. atrica C. L. Koch has occurred twice in Yorkshire, V.C. (J3 

 (i) Barnsley, one $ in a public house, specimen forwarded by E. S. 

 ]3ayford ; (2) Huddersfield in a timber yard, vide Naturalist, March, 

 1913. P- 136. 



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