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In Great Britain this spider is probably of general occurrence, Tvbile 

 its foreign distribution seems cosmopolitan (Europe, Tibet, Ceylon, 

 South Africa, Australia, America, including Labrador). 



Tegenaria Mlernica, Cb. 



Munster, Leinster. 



I took the type of this species in September, 1889, between the 

 ■stones of one of the walls surrounding the "Seven Churches" at 

 Glendalough, county of Wicklow. Eecognizing the spider (an adult 

 male) as new to the Britannic fauna, I sent it to the Eev. 0. P. Cam- 

 bridge, who described it as a new species (1891), and it was shown at 

 the Dublin Microscopical Club (1892). The specimen measured about 

 % mm. in length. Previously I liad collected and received from houses 

 in Dublin and suburbs, specimens of Tegenaria of a much larger size 

 (15-16 mm.) which I referred to T. atrica, Koch. In October, 1892, 

 Mr. W. P. de Y. Kane sent me an adult male Tegenaria from Kings- 

 town, county of Dublin, 12 mm. long, which was clearly cospecific 

 with the Glendalough spider. This led to a careful examination of 

 the large Dublin males, and their structural identity with T. Mlernica 

 ■was at once evident. I sent large specimens of both sexes to Rev. 

 O. P. Cambridge, who described and figured the female (1893), pointing 

 out its divergence from T. atrica. I have no doubt that the specimens 

 taken by Dr. Templeton near Dublin, and recorded by Mr. Workman 

 (1880) as T. atrica, were in reality T, Mlernica. 



This grand spider is common in houses in Dublin and suburbs ; it 

 is usually to be found adult in August, September, and October. A 

 male has been sent me from Cork, by Mr. J. L. Copeman, and a 

 female from Skibbereen, county of Cork, by Mr. J. J. Wolfe. Though 

 usually found in houses, it is not confined to them. The type 

 specimen was taken, as has been stated, out-of-doors in county of 

 Wicklow. Specimens have also been taken in stone walls around 

 Dublin, and Mr. J. jST. Halbert has found examples on the ISTorth Bull, 

 Dublin Bay, beyond Clontarf. 



T. Mlernica is closely allied to, if not identical with the Pp'enean 

 and Spanish T. nervosa, Simon, and I have no doubt that it is not an 

 introduced species in Ireland, but a member of the old south-western 

 fauna, which has maintained its groundby taking to an indoor life. 



Agelena lalyrintMca (CI.). 

 Connaught, Munster, Leinster. 



This spider seems to be common in the south and west of Ii'eland; 

 rare in the east, and absent from the north. I have received specimens 



