A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE 
15. Agelena labyrinthica (Clerck) Abundant, forming large sheet-like webs 
Woburn Abbey (Lord Tavistock); Luton 0” the herbage, with a funnel-shaped tubular 
(F.P.S.) retreat. 
ARGIOPID/i 
The spiders included in this family have eight eyes, situated in two rows, the lateral eyes 
of both rows being usually adjacent, if not in actual contact, while the central eyes form a 
quadrangle. The tarsal claws are three, often with other supernumerary claws. ‘The web is 
either an orbicular snare, as in the case of the ‘common garden spider,’ or consists of a sheet 
of webbing, beneath which the spider hangs and captures its prey as it falls upon the sheet. 
This immense family includes those usually separated under the names Epeiride and Linyphide. 
16. Meta segmentata (Clerck) 23. Araneus diadematus, Clerck 
Woburn Abbey (Lord Tavistock) ; Luton Woburn Abbey (Lord Tavistock) ; Luton 
(F.P.S.) (F.P.S.) and Leighton Buzzard. 
17. Meta meriane (Scopoli) 24. Araneus umbraticus, Clerck 
Woburn Abbey (Lord Tavistock) Woburn Abbey (Lord Tavistock) 
18. Tetragnatha extensa (Linneus) 25. Linyphia triangularis (Clerck) 
Woburn Abbey (Lord Tavistock) Luton (F.P.S.) 
19. Pachygnatha clerckit, Sundevall 26. Stemonyphantes lineatus (Linnzus) 
Lautoe: EES) Luton (F.P.S.) 
20. Cyclosa conica (Pallas) 
Woburn Abbey (Lord Tavistock) 
21. Zilla x - notata (Clerck) 
Woburn Abbey (Lord Tavistock) 
27. Lepthyphantes minutus (Blackwall) 
Luton (F.P.S.) 
28. Centromesus sylvaticus (Blackwall) 
Luton (F.P.S.) 
22. Araneus cucurbitinus, Clerck ; 
Woburn Abbey (Lord Tavistock); Luton 79: Kulexynskiellum fuscum (Blackwall) 
(F.P.S.) Luton (F.P.S.) 
THERIDIIDA 
The members of this family have eight eyes, situated very much like those of the Argio- 
pide ; but the mandibles are usually weak, the maxillz are inclined over the labium, and the 
posterior legs have a comb of stiff curved spines beneath the tarsi. ‘The web consists of a 
tangle of crossing lines, and the spider often constructs a tent-like retreat wherein the egg-sac 
is hung up. ‘The tarsal claws are three in number. 
30. Theridion tepidariorum, C. L. Koch 32. Theridion lineatum (Clerck) 
Woburn Abbey (Lord Tavistock) Luton (F.P.S.) 
31. Theridion denticulatum (Walckenaer) 33. Steatoda bipunctata (Linnzus) 
Luton (F.P.S.) Woburn Abbey (Lord Tavistock) 
DICTYNIDZE 
The spiders belonging to this family possess three tarsal claws, and the eyes, eight in 
number, situated in two transverse rows, the laterals being in contact. The cribellum (or 
extra pair of spinning organs) and the calamistrum (a row of curving bristles on the protarsi 
of the fourth pair of legs) are present in all members of the family. They construct a 
tubular retreat with an outer sheet of webbing, which is covered with a flocculent silk made 
with the calamistrum from threads furnished by the cribellum. 
34. Amaurobius similis (Blackwall) 35+ Amaurobius ferox (Walckenaer) 
Luton (F.P.S.) Woburn Abbey (Lord Tavistock) 
Common. Known also under the name Common. Known also under the name 
Ciniflo. Ciniflo, 
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