Carpenter — A List of the Sjnders of Ireland. 



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It will be seen that the list contains only 225 species, but I belieye 

 that when the spiders of Ireland have been thoroughly worked out, 

 another 100 species at least will be added. The spider-fauna of the 

 British Islands comprises 560 species, and no less than 280 have been 

 already recorded from Scotland.^ Perhaps a table of the number of 

 species of spiders of each family known from the various countries of 

 the United Kingdom may be of interest. The most striking feature 

 of this summary is the poverty of Attidse in the Scotch and still more 

 in the Irish fauna. 





Great Britain 



and 



Ireland. 



England 



and 

 Wales. 



Scotland. 



Ireland. 



Atypidae, 



2 



2 







1 



Dysderidffi, 



6 



6 



4 



4 



Oonopidse, 



1 



1 



1 



1 



Drassidse, 



24 



23 



11 



8 



Clubionidee, 



35 



35 



22 



20 



Sparassidse, 



1 



1 







1 



Tlioinisidee 



45 



44 



16 



14 



Agelenidse, 



22 



21 



10 



9 



EresidsB, 



1 



1 











Dictynidse, 



17 



16 



6 



6 



Scytodidee, 



1 



1 











Pholcidse, 



1 



1 







1 



Tiieridiidse, 



290 



283 



149 



108 



TetragnatMdse, 



9 



9 



4 



7 



Argiopidse, 



31 



31 



20 



16 



Uloboridse, 



2 



2 











Oxyopidse, 



1 



1 











Lycosidse, 



36 



33 



27 



21 



Attidfe, 



36 



36 



13 



8 



Totals, . 



561 



547 



283 



225 



^ For tHs census of Scotch spiders I am indebted to my friend, Mr. "W. Evans, 



F.K.S.E. 



