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of Antrim. I have not seen an Irish specimen. It is a scarce spider 

 in England (Dorset, Lancashire) and Prance (where it is confined to 

 the north), but common in Sweden and Prussia, and recorded from 

 northern Italy. 



Bathyphantes gracilis {^l.). 



LinypUa gracilis^ | ^^ ^g^.^^ ^ ^ ^ 



L. circumspecta, ) 



Ulster, Connaught, Leinster. 



This species has been found in counties of Donegal (Coolmore), 

 Armagh, Mayo (Achill Island), Dublin (Portmarnock, Rathfarnham), 

 and Wicklow (Enniskerry, Greystones). Adults occur from September 

 till April ; the single male from Coolmore was found in July. B. gra- 

 cilis ranges fi'om the south of England, at least, as far north as Oban 

 and Aberdeen in Scotland. Abroad it seems a decidedly southern 

 form ; unknown in Scandinavia, it inhabits Prance, Spain, Switzer- 

 land, Italy, and Austro-Hungary. 



Bathyphantes dorsalis (Wid.). 



Linyphia ClaytonicB, Bl. (Spid. G. B. I.). 



L. dorsalis, Cb. (Spid. Dorset). 



Ulster, Connaught, Munster, Leinster. 



This spider is recorded from near Belfast by Mr. Workman (1880). 

 I have seen specimens from county of Galway (Clonbrock), county of 

 Roscommon (Athlone, Mote Park), county of Kerry (Clonee Lough), 

 county of Kildare (Maynooth), and county of Dublin (Terenure). 

 Adults occur from May till August in Ireland. It is generally dis- 

 tributed in Great Britain (Dorset, Perthshire), and occurs in Sweden, 

 Germany, Austria, Hungary, Belgium, and north-eastern Prance. 



Bathyphantes pullatus (Cb.). 



Linyphia pullata, Cb. (Spid. Dorset). 



Ulster, Leinster. 



The only localities whence I have received this spider are 

 Armagh ; Braganstown, county of Louth ; Santry and Tallaght, county 

 of Dublia. Males are adult in May, females thence until July. The 

 species is recorded from Cumberland, Dorset, north-eastern Prance, 

 aud northern Hungary. As it is exceedingly rare in the last-named 

 country, it may be regarded as a western species. 



