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Family. — Axypid^. 

 Atypus piceus (Sulz.). 



Atypus Stdzeri, El. (Spid. Gr. E. I.). 



Leinster. 



The presence of this spider in Ireland was made known by the 

 discovery of its tabular nest at Greashill, King's County, by Mrs, Eeams- 

 botham in May, 1896. The nest was kindly forwarded to me by the 

 Eev. Canon Russell, to whom it had been given by the finder. On 

 submitting it to the Eev. 0. P. Cambridge, my opinion as to its being 

 a nest of Atypus was confirmed, and I recorded the occurrence (1896). 

 Although, in the absence of an example of the spider, one cannot be 

 absolutely sure of the species, there can be little doubt that the nest 

 was the work of the commoner English species of the genus. A. piceus 

 appears to range over the south of England from London and Brighton 

 to Cornwall. It is distributed in Holland, throughout western, 

 central, and eastern Erance, in southern Germany, northern Italy, 

 Austria, and in western, central, and eastern Hungary. 



Eamily. — DrsDEEiD^. 

 Dysdera Camhridyei, Thorell. 



D. erythrina, Bl. (Spid. Gr. B. I.). 



Ulster, Leinster. 



This spider is much scarcer in Ireland than D. crocota. I have 

 never seen a male specimen. Mr. "Workman (1880) recorded it from 

 Glenarm and Eden, county of Antrim, and has kindly informed me that 

 the Glenarm specimen was identified by Mr. Cambridge. Females in 

 the Dublin Museum collection from Coolmore, county of Donegal, and 

 Leixlip, county of Kildare are, I believe, referable to this species. Its 

 distribution has been traced in Great Britain, from Dorset to Edin- 

 burgh. On the Continent it seems the only species of the genus 

 which is found in central Europe, ranging as far north as Paris and 

 Hamburg. In Hungary it has only been found in the north, though 

 it occurs throughout Italy and Sicily. 



Dysdera crocota, Koch. 



D. ruhicunda, Bl. (Spid. G. B. I.). 

 Ulster, Connaught, Munster, Leinster. 



This species is generally distributed throughout Ireland and not 

 uncommon. It has occurred at Londonderry ; Armagh ; Kircubbin, 



