PICKARD-CAMBRIDGE : ARANEIDEA OF CUMBERLAND, ETC. 35 
Nesticus comer Clk. Cumberland. Eden Valley. Wetheral 
Common. under damp herbage growing upon 
the Iarcneiaes rocks along the river margin, The Gelt, near 
Carlisle. Gilsland, Adult in May and June. 
Theridion tepidariorum C.L.K. Cumberland. Eden Valley 
District. Abundant in greenhouses at Carlisle and Dalston. 
Theridion sisyphium Clk. Cumberland. Eden Valley. Plentiful 
on holly and gorse bushes in the neighbourhood of Carlisle. 
Theridion pictum Wik. Eden Valley District. Abundant in the 
nursery gardens in the neighbourhood of Carlisle; also occurring 
more sparingly on furze-bushes along the banks of the Eden. 
The beautiful tent-like retreat, constructed amongst the foliage 
of shrubs and bushes, renders this species and the last especially 
interesting to the lover of ‘natural history in the field.’ Adult 
in 
Theridion varians Halm. Eden Valley and Lake District. 
Abundant in genes and amongst foliage in gardens near 
Carlisle. 
Theridion adam Wlk. Eden Valley and Lake District. 
Abundant on stone walls near Lodore, Derwentwater. July. 
Theridion pulchellum Wlk. Eden Valley District. Rose Castle, 
Dalston. June 
cuce ana lineatum Clk. (Phyllonethis lineata — Spiders of 
orset). Eden Valley and Lake District. Plentiful amongst 
the foliage of brambles, in whose folded leaves the females 
construct their pale sea-green egg-cocoon, in the neighbourhood 
of Carlisle. June and July. 
Theridion lepidum Wlk. (Piyllonethis instabilis—Spiders of 
orset). Lake District. A few specimens only taken from 
oat a tds stone on the Tilberthwaite shige: Coniston, in 
July 
Theridion “patlens Blk. Eden Valley. This minute Theridioid 
is fairly common on the foliage of trees at Wetheral and 
Carlisle. The curious little white egg-cocoons, like an inverted 
peg-top, with four small lateral prominences, is fastened by the 
broad end to the surface of the leaves, and not balanced on the 
point, or hanging by the point, as represented in several works 
on spiders. Adult in May and June 
Steatoda bipunctata L. Eden Valley Dinttick A few specimens 
taken in stables in the neighbourhood of Carlisle. 
Pedanostethus lividus Bl. (Weriene Hoida~-Soiders of Dorset). 
Abundant under stones throughout Cumberland and the Lake 
Districts. Adult all through the summer months. 
Feb. 1895. 
