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very obscure. Adult in May and June. It occurs in 

 several English and Scotch localities, and abroad in 

 France and Bavaria. 



Gongylidium tuberosum (Bl.). Accompanies the last 

 species, to which it is closely related in structure and 

 habits. It has been found in various English localities, 

 and in France, Bavaria, Algeria, and Egypt. 



Gongylidium dentatum (Wid.). Another inhabitant of 

 marshes. Adults may be found throughout the year, the 

 British Islands, and Europe. 



Gongylidium distinctum (Sim.). A common spider on 

 the banks of the Tyne, among grass and rushes and 

 under stones. Both sexes are adult from autumn to 

 spring, and may be found, though more rarely, through- 

 out the summer. Previous to their capture, one example 

 of the male found near Carlisle was unique as British. 

 The females found at Hexham were new to science. 

 Lately Mr. Varty-Smith, of Penrith, has obtained both 

 sexes from Marton Mere, near Blackpool, in Lancashire. 

 Abroad the male has been found in France; the female, 

 however, has not yet been recorded outside Britain. 



Gongylidiellum vivum (Camb.). Obtained occasionally 

 amongst grass and moss in swampy places near Hexham. 

 Adults may be found throughout the year. This spider 

 has occurred in Dorset, Essex, Norfolk, Glamorgan, 

 Cheshire, Lancashire, and Yorkshire. Also in France 

 and Germany on the Continent. 



Typhochrestus dorsuosus (Camb.). Females were found 

 on a sandy place on Blanchland Common in June, 1903. 

 The males are adult from autumn to spring, but have not 

 yet been found in Northumberland. The species usually 

 affects the coasts, and has been found in such situations 

 near Edinburgh, in County Meath, in Glamorganshire 

 and Anglesey, and at Southport in Lancashire. Inland 

 it has occurred on the moors near Huddersfield, and 

 abroad in Holland and the South of France. 



