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than that spicier, extending to Africa, the Azores, and St. Helena, as 

 well as to Syria and Kamtschatka, but it does not appear to have been 

 found in North America. 



Lephthyphantes cultus, Cb. 

 Leinster. 



An adult female, probably collected near Dublin, was described 

 under this name by Eev. 0. P. Cambridge ( 1893). 'No further examples 

 of the spider have been found to my knowledge either in Ireland or 

 elsewhere. 



Zahdla thoracica (Wid.). 



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



Ulster, Connaught, Munster, Leinster. 



This fine species is widely distributed in Ireland, but not common, 

 and apparently not extending far to the west. It is recorded by 

 Mr. "Workman (1880) from the county of Antrim (Colin Glen, Island- 

 magee). I have received it from Londonderry, county of Monaghan 

 (Glaslough), county of Fermanagh (Enniskillen), county of Armagh 

 (Loughgilly, Poyntzpass), county of Eoscommon (Athlone), county 

 of Galway (Clonbrock), county of Kerry (Killarney and Kenmare), 

 county of Cork (Mitchelstown), county of Wicklow (Glendalough, 

 Delgany), and county of Dublin (Glendhu, 1000 feet). Adult males 

 occur in August and September ; females from September till January ; 

 young individuals in June, and immature specimens in July aud August. 

 Zahdla thoracica has a wide range in Great Britain (Dorset, Inverness). 

 Abroad it inhabits Eussia, Sweden, Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, 

 northern Hungary, and Croatia. 



Linyphia clathrata, Sund. 



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



Ulster, Connaught, Munster, Leinster. 



This species is common, and generally distributed in northern and 

 eastern Ireland. I have seen examples from many localities in the 

 counties of Derry, Antrim, Armagh, Monaghan, Down, Louth, 

 Dublin, Wicklow, and Kildare. But the only ■western localities 

 known to me are Athleague, county of Eoscommon ; Limerick ; and 

 GlengarifP, county of Cork. Adults have been found in all months 

 from March tiU October ; young specimens in December and January ; 

 and a male, not quite mature, in August. It seems, therefore, that 

 the young are hatched in autumn, and attain maturity in less than 

 twelve months, the adults probably surviving the winter. L. clathrata 

 is generally distributed in Great Britain (Dorset, Aberdeen) ; and has 

 a very wide range abroad (all Europe, Siberia, N. America). 



