42 NEW AND RARE BRITISH SPIDERS 



New and Rare British Spiders. 

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

 (With Plate II.) 

 The notes now given cover my systematic collecting in 

 West Allendale from May, 1910, to November, 191 1, together 

 with the more noteworthy results of four days' collecting at 

 Forres, N.B., in August, 1910; a day at Ullswater in June, 

 1910; eight days in the neighbourhood of Beal, Northumber- 

 land, in May and June, 191 1. A few notes refer to specimens 

 submitted to me by correspondents. 



The new spiders noted below are. Hilaira nubige7ia $ $ ; 

 Agyneta mystica Cb. $ ; Scleroschema reginaldi ? ; Cnephalo- 

 cotes ambiguus Cb. ? ; and Cnephalocotes incurvatus Cb. ?. 

 Lycosa agricola Bl., var. maritima is a known variety which 

 seemed to require a varietal name, here supplied. Prosthesima 

 apricorum L. K., Tarentula barbipes Sund., and Hilaira frigida 

 Thor., are names which I think should be substituted for 

 others current in British lists, for reasons given below. It 

 seems necessary also that a new status should be ascribed to 

 Caledonia evansii Cb., to indicate its substantial identity with 

 C. aliena Kulcz., a Kamtschatkan spider. 



The list includes thirteen new records for Northumberland 

 (marked with an asterisk) — ten species and three well-known 

 varieties. 



Prosthesima apricorum L. K. — P. petiverii Scop. : Cb. 

 Brit, and Irish List, 1900. — An adult male, Staward Peel, 

 June : adult females, Glenridding, Westmoreland. These 

 were submitted to Dr. Kulczynski, who pronounced them 

 identical with the spider called by him P. apricorum L. K. 

 Following Simon (Arachn. de France, iv., p. 63) we have 

 dropped atra Latr. in favour of latreillei Sim. To be 

 consistent we must also abandon petiverii Scop., which is 

 no more authentic than atra Latr. If retained, it belongs 

 rightfully to P. subterranea C. L. K., which is very nearly 

 allied to apricorum L. K., and of longer standing. Dr. 



