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the Continent this is a very rare spider, and is only 

 recorded from France, where it has occurred in two 

 localities. It has not yet been obtained in Ireland. In 

 Britain it is reported from Dorset, Glamorgan, Yorkshire, 

 Durham., Berwick, and the neighbourhood of Paisley. 

 It is mainly a northern form. 



Hilaira uncata (Camb.). Several males and females 

 amongst moss in a swampy place near Dipton Wood 

 in September. Also females in the same spot in the 

 following March. Another northern spider, this is re- 

 ported from only one Continental locality — Central France. 

 It has occurred in Armagh in Ireland, and in Aberdeen, 

 Edinburgh, Cumberland, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, 

 Norfolk, Essex, and Dorset in Britain. In the last named 

 place it is very rare, but is, or was, abundant near South- 

 port in Lancashire. 



Hilaira reproba (Camb.). An adult male and several 

 adult females, with numerous immature examples or 

 either sex, occurred in October, 1902, under stones on 

 the shore at Whitley Bay. They inhabit the zone 

 immediately above high water mark. Mr. Hull, who 

 first discovered them in this locality, kindly directed me 

 to it. The species has occurred, always close to the 

 tide mark, at Dublin, Weymouth, Llandudno, North 

 Lancashire, Edinburgh, Linlithgow, Arran, and Aberdeen. 

 Abroad it has only occurred on the Chausey Isles 

 between Jersey and the French coast. 



Tmeticus Hardii (BL). Males and females frequent on 

 Blanchland Common beneath stones and turves. Adult 

 in September and October, and found again in much 

 diminished numbers in February. Has occurred at North 

 Berwick, and Aberlady near Edinburgh, in Berwickshire, 

 at Ravenglass in Cumberland, Southport in Lancashire, 

 Wallasey in Cheshire, Huddersfield in Yorkshire, on 

 Snowdon at about 2,000 feet, and at Wicken in 

 Cambridgeshire. Unknown in the South of England or' 



