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PEPONOCRANIUM, Sim. 



Peponocranium ludicrum, (Cb.). 



Walckenaera ludicra, Bl. Op. cit., p. 316, pi. XXI., fig. 231. 



D. Upper Teesdale (1200 feet). May, 1894, one adult male 

 among grass. 



PACHYGNATHA, Sund. 

 Pachygnatha Glerckii, Sund. 



Pachygnatha ClercUi, Bl. 0/^. r/V., p. 318, pi. XXII., fig. 233. 



JS", Wooler, South Middleton Dean. N. and D. Everywhere 

 in damp places at the roots of herbage. Adults may be taken all 

 the year round. 



Pachygnatha Degeerii, Sund. 



Pachygnatha Degeerii, Bl, Op. ciL,-p. 321, pi. XXII., fig.235. 



IS". "Wooler, Langleyford, Hedgehope. N. and D. At the 

 roots of herbage eveiywhere. Adult in spring. 



Family YI. EPEIEIDAE (12 species). 



META, C. L. K. 



Meta Menardi, (Latr.). 



Aranea Menardi, Latr. H. N. d. Crust, et d. Ins., vol. Yll., 



p. 266. 

 Epeira fusca, Bl. Op. cit., p. 349, pi. XXVI., fig. 252. 



D. Recorded by the Eev. 0. P. Cambridge {Spiders cf Dorset) 

 from overhanging rocks and caverns in Durham county. An 

 adult female from Kepier Wood, Durham, is in the collection of 

 Mr. T. J. E. Hindmarsh of that city. 



Mela segmentata, (Clk.). 



Araneus segmentatus, Clk. Sv. Spindl., p. 45, pi. II., tab. 6. 

 Epeira inclinata, Bl. Op. cit., p. 354, pi. XXYI., fig. 255. 



N. North Northumberland, various localities. N. and D. The 

 commonest Spider of this genus with us, spreading its web every- 

 where. Adult in summer. 



