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of its occurrence on the western islets, and it is more confined to tlie 

 lowlands than P. iyuT.lata\ I have not met with it above 1700 feet 

 on the hills. Adults of this species occur from Ajpril till Sep- 

 tember, the females carrying their egg-bags during June and July. 

 In the latter month adult males seem quite as common as in May. 

 Young spiders just hatched have been noticed in July. In the autumn 

 specimens in various stages of growth are to be observed ; some about 

 half grown, others nearly full- sized, but not yet mature. In the early 

 spring the latter become adult, perhaps being then eighteen months 

 old. -P. amentata is generally distributed in Great Britain, and has 

 abroad as wide a range as the preceding species, extending from 

 Greenland, Iceland, and Lapland to southern Italy. 



Eamily — Attid^ . 

 IVeon reticulatus (BL). 



Salticus reticulatus, Bl. (Spid. G. B. I.). 



Connaught. 



A single female of this species was taken at Leenane, county of 

 Galway, in April, 1897, by Mr. J. 2^. Halbert, when collecting for the 

 Royal Irish Academy, Flora and Fauna Committee, and an immature 

 male at Keem Bay, Achill Island, county of Mayo, in April, 1898. 

 There can be little doubt that it has a wide range in Ireland, since it 

 extends from the south of England at least as far north as Inverness- 

 shire. According to Simon it is found all over France, audit occurs as 

 far north as lat. 60° in IN'orway. In Germany, it would appear not to 

 be a well-known species, but it is probably present, at least in the 

 south, as M. Kulczynski records it from Austria and Hungary. 



Euo]plirys frontalis (Bl . ) . 



Balticus frontalis, Bl. (Spid. G. B. I.). 



Ulster, Connaught, Munster. 



This spider has a wide range at least in the north and west of 

 Ireland. It has been found at Londonderry, county of Sligo (Keish- 

 connor), county of Mayo (Keem Bay, Achill Island), Inishmore, Aran, 

 Galway Bay ; county of Kerry (Yentry), county of Cork (Cork and 

 Skibbereen). Adult specimens have been taken in May, and immatui-e 

 individuals in April and July. E. frontalis is found in England, 

 Wales, and Scotland (Aberdeen), and seems to be widely distributed 

 on the Continent, occurring certainly in France, Italy, Germany, 

 Austria, Hungary, and Sweden, but apparently not in J^orway. 



