no ALLENDALE SPIDERS 



Allendale Spiders 



By the Rev. J. E. Hull, M.A. 



(Received Feb. i6, 1908) 



These notes cover a year's spider-collecting in Allendale, 

 mainly in the basin of the West Allen. East Allendale has 

 not been touched, nor any locality below 700 feet or over 

 1,600 feet. 



I have found the open fells singularly unproductive, but this 

 was no doubt largely due to the unfavourable season. The 

 scattered patches of woodland have given by far the best 

 results, especially such as have an undergrowth of heather 

 and thick moss. The mouths of abandoned lead mines have 

 yielded one or two interesting captures, and also the " dead- 

 heaps" which adjoin them. These latter are composed of 

 blocks of limestone, among which live a few species which are 

 more or less troglodytes in their manner of life. 



Up to the present time the number of species taken is 

 exactly 160, a very respectable total for a confined upland 

 area. Of these one is a Hilaira new to science, and three 

 others — Tmeticus rivalis, Tigellimis furcillatus, and Aleta 

 vienardi — are new to the Northumbrian list, though the last- 

 named has also been found in Kepier woods near Durham. 

 Equally noteworthy with these is the re-discovery of Lepty- 

 phantes a?igtilafus, Cb., first found by Dr. James Hardy on the 

 Cheviots near Wooler in 1871. One male was then taken, 

 and has remained unique until now when I have had the 

 good fortune to turn up both males and females (the latter 

 sex new to science). 



I append brief notes of the more notable captures. 



Onesinda minutissima (Cb.). Adult females among moss 

 in woods ; once only among heather in the open. 



Tapinopa longidens var. unicolor, Cb. A single 

 female from near Wooler was sei'it by Dr. Hardy to Mr. 

 Pickard-Cambridge in 187 1, and described by him as a 



