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end of May and early in June ; immature specimens in September. 

 Near Berehaven I found this spider up to 1000 feet on tlie hills. It 

 occurs in Great Britain from Dorset to Cumberland. On the Conti- 

 nent it is a southern species, only occurring in the extreme south of 

 Norway, though it inhabits Sweden, Russia, France, Germany, Austria, 

 Hungary, Croatia, and Greece; occurring also in St. Helena, in south 

 Africa, in central and eastern Asia, and in Japan. 



Family . — Ltcosid^ . 

 - Pisaura miralilis (CI.). 



Dolomedes mirabilis, Bl. (Spid. G. B. I,). 



Ocyale mirabilis, Cb, (Spid. Dorset). 



Connaught, Munster, Leinster. 



This spider is common and widely distributed over the southern 

 half of Ireland, but seems to be absent from the north and west. 

 The northern limit of its range as known to me would be indicated 

 by a line running from Bray, county of "Wicklow ; through Maynooth, 

 county of Kildare ; across Ireland to Clonbrock, county of Galway, 

 thence south-westward through Loughrea, county of Gal way, Cratloe, 

 county of Clare, and Killarney, to Derrynane, county of Kerry. South 

 and south-eastward of this line, the spider is probably everywhere 

 present in suitable localities, having been observed abundantly in 

 county of Wicklow ; at Fermoy, Skibbereen, Glengariff, and Bere- 

 haven, county of Cork ; and Kenmare, county of Kerry. No doubt 

 localities north-west of this line await discovery. I have found tlio 

 male adult as early as May, the femalefrom June till August. Females 

 with egg-bags appear in July, young individuals in September, and 

 immature examples in March and April, having come out of their 

 winter retreats. 



This is a widespread spider in Great Britain, ranging north as far 

 at least as the Grampians. It is distributed in all EurojDean countries, 

 extending to the Azores and Canaries as well as to southern Spain, 

 Italy, and Greece, and eastwards to Turkestan; in Norway it occurs as 

 far north as Trondhjem (63° lat.), and is an excellent example of the 

 north-east and south-west direction of the line limiting the range of 

 animals of the faunistic group to which it belongs. 



Dolomedes fimbriatus, CL 



Connaught, Munster. 



This great spider seems to be generally distributed in Connaught, 

 as specimens have been taken at Sligo ; Roscommon, Mote Park, and 



