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Certainly it occurs in the Edinburgh district. Abroad it ranges 

 throughout Europe, extending to Siberia, jSTorth Africa, and the 

 Azores. 



Tmeticus licolor (BL). 



Neriene licolor^ Bl. (Spid. G. B. I.). 



Limjfliia licolor, Cb. (Spid. Dorset). 



Ulster, Connaught, Munster, Leinster. 



In the northern half of Ireland, at least, this spider is widely- 

 distributed and common. It has occurred in county of Antrim (Belfast, 

 Colin Glen, Islandmagee),' county of Donegal (Ardara — yar. concinnus, 

 Thor.), county of Armagh (Armagh — type and var. concinnus,'Lovi^- 

 gilly), county of Fermanagh (Enniskillen, Belleisle), county of Mayo 

 (summit of Slievemore, Achill — var. concinmis) , county of Kerry (3000 

 feet up on the M'Gillicuddy's Eeeks — yar. eoncinnus), county of Meath 

 (Laytown), and county of Dublin. The species is adult in Ireland from 

 September till April. It is commoner in the north of Great Britain 

 than in the south, though it is generally distributed in France 

 ranging into Corsica, occurring also in Sweden, Germany, Austria, 

 and Hungary. But in the latter country it seems rare and confined 

 to the north. 



Tmeticus inudens (Cb.). 



ZinypMa prudens, Cb. (Spid. Dorset). 

 Ulster, Connaught, Munster, 



An adult female taken on the summit of Slieve Donard (2790 feet), 

 Mourne mountains, county of Down, by Mr. E. "Welch in October, 



1897, another adult female found on the summit of Slievemore, Achill 

 island, county Mayo, in April, 1898, and a male found at a height of 

 3000 feet on the M'Gillicuddy's Reeks, county of Kerry, in September, 



1898, are the only Irish examples of this spider yet discovered. The 

 species seems recorded only from the Grampians, the Pentlands, the 

 Cheviots, Dorsetshire, and the Department of Bouches-de-Ehone in 

 the south of Prance. 



Tmeticus sylvaticus (BL). 



Neriene syhatica, Bl. (Spid. G. B. I.). 



Connaught. 



An adult female taken on Leenane mountain, county of Galway, in 

 April, 1897, by Mr. J. jST. Halbert, is the only known Irish specimen 

 of this spider. It occui's in Dorset, I^orth Wales, North England, 

 and Scotland ; while on the Continent it has a wide range (Sweden, 

 France, Germany, Austria, Hungary). 



