388 THE SPIDERS OF THE TYNE VALLEY. 



Microneta beata (Camb.). This spider is common amongst 

 grass and herbage in Tynedale. It was discovered in 

 Yorkshire by Mr. Falconer in 1901, the Hexham records 

 being made in 1902. The species was only described in 

 1906. M. beata (Camb.) has also occurred in Cumber- 

 land, Kent, and Somerset. It is adult in June and July, 

 and is a very distinct species. 



Microneta subllmis (Camb.). Not rare on Blanchland 

 Common, where adults may be found in June and July. 

 This is a subalpine form, occurring on the Cheviots, the 

 Lead Hills in Lanarkshire, the Cumbrian mountains, the 

 Pennines near Huddersfield, and on Snowdon. It ascends 

 3,500 feet on the last mountain, and is found on the 

 summit of Scafell Pike, 3,210 feet. At such elevations it 

 is only just becoming mature in August and September. 

 It is not yet recorded for the Continent, but is very closely 

 related to, if not identical with, Alicroneta gttlostis (Koch). 



Microneta saxatilis (Bl.). Common amongst grass and 

 herbage, both sexes being adult in June and July. It 

 has occurred in Dorset, Glamorgan, Herts, Middlesex, 

 Surrey, Norfolk, North Wales, Cheshire, Derbyshire, 

 Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cumberland, and Scotland. In 

 some of these places it is very common. It is not yet 

 reported from Ireland or the Continent, which, as it is 

 one of the most distinct species of the genus, is some- 

 what remarkable. 



Bathyphantes nigrinus (BL). Abundant amongst moss 

 and grass in marshy places, as well as amongst leaves 

 and herbage in woods, hedgerows, etc. Adult all the 

 year round. It is widespread in Europe, and occurs in 

 North America, but seems to be very common nowhere 

 except in the British Isles. 



Bathyphantes gracilis (Bl.). Abundant at all times of the 

 year in all situations and throughout Britain. Rarer in 

 Ireland ; it occurs in most of the countries of Central and 

 Southern Europe. It is not, however, recorded for Sweden, 



