THE SPIDERS OF THE TYNE VALLEY, 403 



Trochosa spinipalpis (F. Cb.). On the banks of the 

 South Tyne near Featherstone. Has only occurred else- 

 where in Dorset and Cumberland. Mr. Hull has kindly 

 shown nie this example. 



Dictyna uncinata (Westr.). A widely distributed spider, 

 much commoner in the South than the North. It is 

 generally found in northern localities in gardens and other 

 cultivated places. 



Theridion pictLim (Hahn.). Found on garden shrubs in 

 both counties. 

 .*Theridion Blackwallii (Camb.). A female in Shincliffe 

 Wood. This rare spider has only occurred elsewhere 

 in Dorset, Cambridge, and Oxford. 



Diplocephalus Beckii (Camb.). A male specimen from 

 Preston near North Shields. Lately Mr. Bagnall has 

 sent me an adult female from Alnwick. This interesting 

 little spider has occurred in Dorset, London, Warwick, 

 Stafford, Yorkshire, and Cumberland, near Edinburgh, 

 and at Dunkeld in Perthshire. It seems, however, to be 

 nowhere common. 



Gongylidiellum latebricolum (Camb.). Walltown 

 Moss, Bardon Mill. The only other British records are 

 Dorset, Cheshire, and Paisley. 



Leptyphantes nebulosus (Sund.). Ovingham. A wide- 

 spread but local spider, living chiefly in cellars and 

 outhouses, sometimes also spinning its snares at con- 

 siderable distances down rabbit holes. It ranges at all 

 events from Hertford to Glasgow. Probably it is spread 

 about partly through the agency of man, but it sometimes 

 occurs far from his habitations. 



Taranucnus setosus (Camb.). Haltwhistle. Occurs also 

 in Dorset and in Newtown Moss near Penrith. 



*Meta Menardii (Latr.). Recorded by Mr. Cambridge in his 

 " Spiders of Dorset " as occurring in Durham. This cave- 

 inhabiting species is widespread in Ireland, occurs in the 

 Isle of Man, and ranges from Devon to Aberdeen in Britain. 



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