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males in August, 1894, and the shores of Lough Corrib, near 

 Oughterard, county of Galway, where Mr. E. Welch found adult 

 females in July, 1895. A much scarcer species than the preceding in 

 Great Britain, not traced further north than Carlisle, A. patagiatus 

 has an equally wide range in Europe, and occurs in Iceland. 



Araneus quadratus, CI. 



Epeira quadrata, Bl. (Spid. G. B. I.). 



Ulster, Connaught, Munster, Leinster. 



This spider is widely distributed over the country, but appears to 

 be local. I have seen specimens from counties of Donegal (Kilma- 

 crenan and Glenveigh), Eoscommon (Roscommon and Athlone), 

 Galway (Clonbrock and Loughrea), Clare (Cratloe), Limerick, 

 Kerry (Killarney, Xenmare, and Parknasilla), Cork (Skibbereen), 

 Kilkenny (banks of the Suir), Queen's County, King's County 

 (Tallamore), Wicklow (south of "Wicklow town), Louth (Omeath), 

 Adults occur mostly in July, August, September, and October, but 

 females have been found also in May. Young and immature 

 specimens in June, July, and August, In Great Britain this spider 

 ranges north to Sutherland, though it seems absent from the l^orthum- 

 berland, Durham, and Edinburgh districts. Its continental range is 

 exceedingly wide (Arctic Norway and Finland to the Mediterranean). 



Araneus umlraticus (BL). 



Efeira umbratica, Bl. (Spid. G. B. I.). 



Munster, Leinster. 



The only Irish localities at present known for this spider are 

 Borris, county of Carlow, where Mr. J. IN". Halbert (collecting for the 

 Boyal Irish Academy Flora and Eauna Committee) took a young 

 female in March, 1894, and Killarney, where Mr. W- E. de V. Kane 

 found another immature female in June, 1895. This species ranges 

 northwards in Great Britain, at least to the Grampians, while its 

 European distribution is as wide as that of the preceding species. 



Araneus Redii, Scop. 



Mpeira solers, Bl. (Spid. G. B. I.). 



Connaught, Munster. 



Apparently a scarce and local spider in Ireland, and so far 

 unknown in the north or east. The only localities are Mount 

 Talbot, county of Roscommon ; Limerick ; Glencar, county of Kerry ; 

 and Berehaven, county of Cork. Adult females were obtained at the 



