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the upper, concave side of a leaf (of an Apple-tree, for instance). 

 The egg-cocoon is a small white irregular pyramid, with small 

 lateral projections, pointing upwards. It is attached by its base 

 to the upper side of the leaf, not by its apex to the under side as 

 figured in " Spiders of Dorset." 



Theridion lineatum, Clk. 



Theridion Uneattim, Blackwall. Op. cit., p. 176, pi. XIII., fig. 3. 



N. Wooler district. Abundant everywhere on shrubs and 

 among low herbage. Commonest of the genus and most conspic- 

 uous, being large, of a pale green hue with (usually) bright 

 crimson markings on the abdomen . Egg-cocoon greenish, guarded 

 by the female within a folded leaf in July and August. 



STEATODA, (Sund). 



Steatoda bipunclata, (L.). 



Aranea hipunctata. Linn. Syst. Nat. Ed. 10, vol. I., p. 260. 

 Theridion quadripunctatum, Blackwall. Op. cit., p. 177, pi. 



XIII, fig. 112. 



D. Durham, Teesdale. X. Jesmond. Apparently plentiful 

 everywhere in buildingS; in crevices, and under projecting ledges. 

 Abdomen flattened, of a chocolate colour, usually (in the case of 

 the female) with a longitudinal pale bar, and a band of the same 

 colour around the fore extremity. 



EURYOPIS, (Menge). 



Euryopis Blackwallii, (Cb.). 



Theridion BlachwalUi^ Cambridge. Trans. Linn. Soc, 



voL XYIL, p. 419, tab. 55, fig. 16. 



D. Durham, Bhincliffe Wood. One adult female only. A rare 



Spider. 



PEDANOSTETHUS, Sim. 



Pedanostethus lividus, (BL). 



Neriene livida, Blackwall. Op. cit.,:p. 252, pi. XXVIL, fi^-.l69. 

 ., . ,, Cambridge. Trans. Linn. Soc, vol. XXVII., 



tab. 56, fig. 31,,/. ^. h. 



