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habitat, is interesting, especially as Mr. E. LI. Praeger, in his " Topographical 

 Botany," records several species of plants, usually maritime, from nearly the 

 same district, on the shores of Lough Xeagh. Mr. Cambridge records this 

 spider from several places in England and Scotland, and also as Irish from 

 a specimen I sent him in 1904 without locality. Dr. A. E. Jackson has 

 taken it in the Isle of Man. On the Continent it occurs only in Xorthern 

 Siberia and Spitzbergen. 



Microneta conigera (Cambr.). 

 Neriene festinans Cambr. (Proc. Dorset Field Club, vol. vi., p. 7). 



LEmSTER. 



I took a single adult female of this species in June, 1908, in a wood at 

 Fenagh, Co. Carlow, in company with a male M. saoxitilis BL, and a second 

 some ten miles away, in the neighbourhood of Carlow town, about the same 

 time of year. In England this species has been found at Bloxworth, in 

 Dorsetshire, and ranges as far north as Berwick. On the Continent it 

 is recorded from France, Bavaria, and the Carpathians by M. Simon, and 

 from one locality in Hungary by Kulczynski. 



Microneta saxatilis (BL). 



Neriene sao:atilis BL (Spid. G. B. & I.), Cambr. (Spid. Dorset). N. rustica 

 Cambr. (Spid. Dorset). N. Gampbellii Cambr. (Spid. Dorset). 



Leinstee. 



Two adult males and two adult females, taken at Fenagh. Co. Carlow, 

 in February and June, 1908, are the only Irish records of this spider. It is 

 a common species in many parts of England. It has not been recorded on the 

 Continent ; but Dr. A. E. Jackson suspects its identity with 31. gidosus Koch. 



Microneta decora (Cambr.). 



Neriene decora Cambr. (Spid. Dorset). Microneta^ clypeata F.O.P. Cambridge. 



Leinster. 



I took an adult male and two females on Mount Leinster, at a height of 

 about 1300 feet, in July, 1907, and have since taken two adult females on 

 the low ground. The only English records of this species are from Dorset^ 

 and Formby Hall near Liverpool. It is not recorded from the Continent. 



Microneta subtilis (Cambr.). 



Neriene subtilis Cambr. (Spid. Dorset). N. anornala Cambr. (Spid. Dorset). 



Leinstee, Munstee. 



I took a single adult female at Fenagh, Co. Carlow, in October, 1907. I 

 have also since that date received another female of this species, taken on 

 Cariantuohill, Co. Kerry, on 28th June, 1906, by Mr. J. N. Halbert. The 



