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from the counties of Oalway(Ilounclstone and Connemara), Clare (Bally- 

 vanghan), Kerry (Derrynane), Cork (Eerehaven, Skibbereen, Fermoy, 

 and Youghal), Waterford (Cappagh), "Wexford (Ferns), and Dublin 

 (Portmarnock, Donabate). It is certainly very scarce in the county 

 of Dublin, and I have never met with, it in the county of Wicklow. 

 Adults are found in July, August, and September ; very young indi- 

 viduals in December, and half -grown specimens in May and June ; it 

 appears, therefore, that the young spiders hibernate. In Great Britain, 

 A. lahyrinthica seems also a southern species ; I know of no records for 

 northern England or for Scotland. Abroad it inhabits Sweden, France,. 

 Spain, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Italy, and Greece. 



Textrix denticulata (Oliv.). 



Textrix lycosina, Bl. (Spid. G. B. I.). 

 . Ulster, Connaught, Leinster, Munster. 



This is one of our commonest and most widespread species,, 

 ranging from the counties ol: Antrim (Eathlin Island) and London- 

 derry into the far south-western peninsulas (Slea Head and 

 Cloonee Lough, county of Kerry; Bere Island, Glandore, and 

 Skibbereen, county of Cork) ; from Dalkey Island oS the county of 

 Dublin to Achill Island, county of Mayo; Inishmore, Aran, and 

 Inish Mac Dara oif the county of Galway. I have taken specimens 

 2000 feet up on the Wicklow and Kerry mountains. Specimens in all 

 stages of growth are to be found at all seasons of the year. Yery widely 

 distributed in Great Britain (Dorset, Sutherland shire), T. denticidata 

 seems commoner in the north than in the south. On the Continent 

 it inhabits Sweden, France (northern and central), north-western 

 France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, northern and central Hungary,, 

 and northern Italy. 



Sahnia eleyans (Bl.). 



Ayelena eleyans, Bl. (Spid. G. B. I.). 



Ulster, Munster. 



Adult males and females were sent me from Londonderry in 

 September, 1894, by Mr. J. N. Milne (1895), and another adult pair 

 were collected at Enniskillen by Mr. H. L. Jameson for the E. I. A.. 

 Flora and Fauna Committee in July, 1895, while an immature male 

 was found at Kenmare in July, 1898, by Mr. J. N, Halbert. 



In Great Britain this spider ranges north to Oban. On the 

 Continent it has been found in Sweden, throughout France (Sark,. 

 Corsica), in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Croatia, and northern Italy. 



