ON SOME RARE ARACHNIDS 7 1 



Porrhomma microphthalmum (Camb.). Mr, Pack- 

 Beresford found a female at Fenagh, County Carlo w, in 

 the winter. Both sexes were also obtained by him in the 

 Island of Lambay. These were, however, recorded as 

 belonging to the next species. •'' 



Porrhomma errans (BL). Mr. Pack-Beresford found two 

 females at Fenagh in spring. They were running on iron 

 railings. These possess the distinct abdominal pattern 

 and strong metatarsal spines noted by the late F. O. P. 

 Cambridge.! 



Taranucnus setosus (Camb.). A male at Delamere on 

 April 28th, and both sexes on May 22nd, in the same 

 locality. They were found amongst long grass and 

 herbage, on the swampy banks of the lake at Hatchmere. 



Linyphia insignis (BL). Mr. Bennett found both sexes 

 freely at Hastings in October. This spider is supposed 

 to be rare in the southern counties. A single female 

 occurred in Delamere Forest in September. 



Epeira Redii (Scop.). Females occurred in June amongst 

 tall herbage on the cliffs at Sidmouth. 



Diclyna variabilis (C. L. Koch). Both sexes near Hastings 

 in June. Common in the same month on bushes and 

 herbage at Sidmouth. 



PHALANGIDEA 



Sclerosoma quadridentatum (Cuv.). Immature in- 

 dividuals in June. Sidmouth. Adults also from Hastings. 



Sclerosoma romanum (L. Koch). Mr. Bennett obtained 

 examples by searching at the roots of herbage in March 

 and November. Hastings. 



Oligolophus Meadii (Camb.). Immature individuals from 

 Penrith in August. Mr. Britten. Also in Delamere 

 Forest. 



* Irish Naturalist, vol. xvi., p. 63, 1907. 

 t Annals and Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. xiii., series 6, 1884, p. 100, 



