46 NEW AND RARE BRITISH SPIDERS 



*Agyneta mystica Cb. Adult male and three females, 

 Ninebanks, May and June; an adult female, Findhorn 

 links. Previously the type specimen, a female from 

 Balmoral, had long remained unique. The male, there- 

 fore, is new, and will be described by Mr. Pickard- 

 Cambridge. 



Agyneta passiva Cb. Both sexes, Fenham, May. 



Agyneta cauta Cb. A single adult female, Culbin sands. 

 Second record from Scotland. 



Agyneta — Micryphantes — Microneta — Syedra. In a 

 previous paper I ventured to propose the new genus 

 Agyneta, giving a brief diagnosis/with the intention of going 

 through the four above-named genera more carefully in a 

 subsequent paper. Dr. Jackson has, however, undertaken 

 the very necessary task. At present, therefore, I must 

 content myself with rectifying my statements concerning 

 the genus Agy?ieta in two particulars. First, it was a 

 mistake, as Dr. Jackson has since pointed out to me, to 

 say that fang-teeth were totally absent : there is a single 

 central outer tooth, and perhaps another, exceedingly 

 small, at the extremity of the fang-groove. Secondly, 

 co?iigera Cb. was inadvertently omitted from the list of 

 species. 



Porrhomma microphthalmum Cb. An adult male at 

 2,000 feet on Killhope Law. An adult female at Nine- 

 banks at about 1,100 feet. 



Pceciloneta variegata Bl. Findhorn links and Altyre 

 woods, Forres. These individuals were very dark 

 coloured, the abdomen being almost entirely black. This 

 species, commonly associated with Bathypha?ites, has very 

 little in common with that genus, from which it differs 

 in the armature of the legs, in the dentition of the falces, 

 and most significantly in the genitalia. Its nearest ally 

 seems to be Drapetisca, 



