Carpenter — A Lid of the Spiders of Ireland. 157 



Theridion va/rians, Hahn. 



Ulster, Munster, Leinster. 



This appears to be a scarce spider iu Ireland. Ilw Workman (1880) 

 records it, without locality. The only specimens which I have seen 

 are a male and two immature females collected by Mr. J. N. Milne 

 near Londonderry, in July, 1894, an adult female, taken in the county 

 of Dublin by Mr. D. W. Freeman, and another adult female from 

 Cloonee Lough, county of Kerry, July, 1898. In Great Britain, 

 T. varians ranges north to the Grampians at least, while it is distri- 

 buted throughout Europe and the Mediterranean region, occurring also 

 in Siberia. 



Theridion tinctum, "Wick. 



Connaught. 



A male and female, not quite mature, taken at Mote Park, county 

 of Hoscommon, in June, 1897, are the only Irish examples of this 

 species which I have yet seen. In Great Britain it seems unknown, 

 except in the south of England, while in Europe it inhabits Sweden, 

 France, Corsica, Germany, Austria, Hungary and Croatia, and northern 

 Italy, while it extends its range across Siberia and China to Japan. 



Theridion denticulatum, "Wick. 



Ulster, Leinster. 



Mr. "Workman (1880) records this species from the neighbourhood 

 of Belfast, while Mr. D. "VV. Freeman has taken it in the county of 

 Dublin. It ranges in Great Britain northwards at least to the 

 Grampians, and is distributed throughout Europe, extending to the 

 Azores, North Africa, and Syria. 



Theridion tepidariorum, Koch, 



Ulster, Leinster. 



This spider occurs in greenhouses in Dublin, Belfast, and London- 

 derry, and probably all over the country. Its title to a place in the 

 Irish fauna is of course exceedingly doubtful ; but as it has an almost 

 world-wide range, and lives in the open air in southern Europe, and 

 occasionally in the south of England, it is possible that it may have 

 been indigenous at least in the south of Ireland. 



Theridion aulicum, Koch. 



T. rufolineatum^ Cb. (Spid. Dorset). 



Ulster. 



This species is recorded by Mr. "Workman (1880) without locality. 



