522 On the occurrence of the Diving Spider. 



In conclusion, the following interesting account may be con- 

 sulted with advantage : — 



On the Battle of Flodden. 



" Letter from Thomas Euthal, Bishop of Durham, and Secre- 

 tary of State, to his Eight Honorable and Loving Brother, 

 Thomas Wolsey, Almoner to the King. Date, 20th September, 

 1513."— by Eobert White. 



It is to be found in Vol. v. of the Archseologia ^liana ; and, in 

 addition to its merits as an historical document, may be described 

 as a tribute of admiration and respect to Saint Cuthbert, to 

 whose influence the discomfiture of the Scots is largely attributed. 



[To these Bibliographical Notes add: "Ballad of Flodden 

 Field: a Poem of the XVI Century. Edited with copious 

 Notes, by Charles A. Federer, L. C. P." 4to., H. Gray, Man- 

 chester, 1884. ^i).] 



On the occurrence of the Diving-Spider (Argyroneta 

 aquatica) in Haddingtonshire. By Archibald Gray. 



In September last, when collecting water-plants at Luffness 

 Marsh, near Aberlady, I gathered a quantity of Utricularia 

 vulgaris amongst which on my return home I found a specimen 

 of Argyroneta aquatica. 



On a subsequent visit to the same place in November, I 

 obtained other four specimens which are still alive in my 

 possession. 



In this locality they appear to frequent beds of Char a hispida 

 which grows in large quantities in the pools, and amongst which 

 their webs are woven. 



This spider has already as a Scottish species been recorded by 

 Professor Trail, who found a single specimen in Aberdeenshire . 

 It has likewise been found in Possil Marsh, near Glasgow, which 

 so far as I am aware, is the only West country habitat. 



