366 THE SPIDERS OF THE TYNE VALLEY. 



almost throughout the year. Widely distributed over 

 Europe from Ireland to Russia, and from Sweden to 

 Algeria. 



Onesinda minutissima (Camb.). This minute spider is 

 not rare among moss in woods. It had previously been 

 found at Balmoral in Scotland, in Donegal and Galway 

 in Ireland, in Dorset, in Yorkshire, in France, and in 

 Switzerland. All these records were, however, of the 

 female sex, and most of them on the strength of one or 

 two examples only. At Hexham the species is not rare, 

 both sexes become adult in October, and may be found 

 till March. Mr. Cambridge described and figured the 

 male in Proc. Dors. Field Club, vol. xxvi., 1905. Quite 

 lately I have found both sexes freely at Mouldsworth 

 near Chester. Here again they were obtained from damp 

 moss growing in a wood. 



Family ARGIOPID^. 



Sub-Family I. LINYPHIIN^. 



Geralinella brevis (Wid.). Widely distributed in Tyne- 

 dale, Britain, and Europe, this spider is found amongst 

 grass, moss, and dead leaves. In Cumberland and 

 Switzerland it reaches a considerable altitude on the 

 mountains. Adult in autumn and spring. 



Ceratinella brevipes (Westr.). Habits much as in the 

 above, except that it does not appear to live among the 

 mountains. In Britain it occurs from Dorset to Aberdeen, 

 but is not on record for Ireland. It has been found in 

 Sweden, France, Germany, Switzerland, and the Tyrol. 



Lophocarenum parallelum (Bl.). Occasional amongst 

 grass and herbage. Adult, like most of these minute 

 black spiders, in autumn. Many of the males die during 

 the winter, but a few, and most of tlie females, survive till 

 spring. Not on record for Ireland, this spider is found 

 from Dorset to Edinburgh. It is widely distributed on 

 the Continent. 



