Cakpenter — A List of the Sjjiders of Ireland. 179 



Bathypliantes nigrinus ("Westr.). 



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



Z. nigrma, Cb. (Spid. Dorset). 



Ulster, Leinster. 



This species is recorded by Mr. "Workman (1880) frora Belfast. I 

 Tiave received specimens from Londonderry, Cavan, Armagh, county 

 of Louth (Gormanstown), county of Dublin (Santry and Lucan), and 

 county of Wicklow (Enniskerry). Adults have been found from Sep- 

 tember till April. B. nigrinus has a wide range in Great Britain 

 (Dorset, Aberdeen). Abroad it is recorded from STveden, Belgium, 

 north-eastern France, Prussia, Austria, and Hungary ; but it appears 

 to be scarcer on the Continent than in our islands. It inhabits also 

 North America. 



Bathyphantes concolor (Wid.). 



Theridion filipes, Bl. (Spid. G. B. I.). 



Limjphia concolor, Cb. (Spid. Dorset). 



Ulster, Connaught, ILunster, Leinster. 



This is a widely-distributed spider in. Ireland (probably spread 

 over the whole country) but not abundant. It has occurred in coun- 

 ties of Antrim (BaUycastle, Murlough, Islandmagee), Armagh, Mayo 

 (Achill Island), Kerry (Dingle), and Wicklow (Arklow, Greystones). 

 Adults have been found in April and May. The species is generally 

 distributed in Great Britain, and, according to Simon, is spread over 

 the greater part of Europe, occuiTing also in North America. 



JBathyphantes variegatus (BL). 



Neriene variegata, Bl. (Spid. G. B. L). 



Linyphia variegata, Cb. (Spid. Dorset). 



Ulster, Connaught, Munster, Leinster. 



This is a scarce spider in Ireland, though probably widespread. 

 The only localities known to me are Colin Glen, county of Antrim, 

 where Mr. Workman took an adult pair in November, 1889 ; Leenane, 

 county of Galway, where Mr. Halbert took an adult male in April, 

 1897, when collecting for the R. I. A. Elora and Fauna Committee ; 

 M'Gillicuddy's Eeeks, county of Kerry (2000 feet up), where I 

 recently (September, 1898) found an immature female when collecting 

 for the same Committee ; and Howth and the North Bull, county of 

 Dublin, where immature males were found in April, and adult females 

 in May, 1894. B. variegatus has a wide range in Great Britain (Dorset, 

 Sutherlandshire). On the Continent it seems to be a north-western 

 form, as it occurs in Finland, Swedeu, France, and northern Hungary. 



