Arachnida. 



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List of Spiders found at Piercefield, near Chepstow, in 1853. — 



Lycosa campestris 

 „ lugubris 

 „ saccata 

 „ obscura 

 Dolomedes mirabilis 

 Salticus cupreus 

 „ scenicus 

 „ coronatus 

 Tbomisus cristatus 

 „ bifasciatus 

 „ brevipes 

 „ pallidus 

 „ incertus 

 „ floricolens 

 „ citreus 

 Philodroraus dispar 



„ cespiticolis 



Clubiona erratica 

 „ comta 

 „ amarautha 

 „ accentuata 

 Ciniflo ferox 

 „ atrox 

 Tegenaria atrica 

 Caelotes saxatilis 

 Tberidion nervosum 

 „ pulcbellum 

 „ lineaturn 



Linyphia montana 

 „ pratensis 

 „ nebea 

 „ pulla 

 „ insignis 

 „ fuliginea 

 „ marginata 

 „ cauta 

 „ tenuis 

 Neriene rubella 

 „ munda 

 „ dubia 

 Pachygnatha Degeerii 

 Epeira diadema 

 „ inclinata 

 „ anlriada 

 „ cucurbitina 

 „ conica 

 „ callopbylla 

 „ scalaris 

 „ apoclisa 

 „ ceropegia 

 „ fusca 

 „ albimacula 

 Tetragnatha extensa 

 Dysdera Erytbrina 



„ Hombergii 

 Segestria senoculata. 



Linyphia triangularis 

 —F. Walker; The Grove, Highgate, October, 1854. 



Inquiry respecting the name of an Australian Spider. — It will be esteemed a favour 

 if any reader of tbe 'Zoologist' will mention tbe proper appellation of the Australian 

 spider of which the habitation is a hole in the ground, with a moveable entrance. Of 

 the example now before me, from the neighbourhood of Adelaide, the door is triangular, 

 the apex being undermost, with the sides rather curved, and it is suspended by somewhat 

 acting as hinges attached to the base of the triangle. When I first saw the specimen, 

 soon after its arrival from the antipodes, the door opened easily, though now unfor- 

 tunately it is fixed. It is impossible to ascertain of what the hinges are made and how 

 constructed, or to describe the interior of the cell, without destroying the curiosity. 

 The substance of the door resembles the surrounding soil, and appears to have been 

 cut out of the solid surface, rather than compacted of compressed mud. If there are 

 varieties of this insect, the generic name of the tribe can be given, though it will be 

 impossible to identify the individual. The information requested may be either 

 inserted in a future number of the 'Zoologist,' or forwarded by post to the Rev. A. 

 Hussey, Rottingdean, Brighton, who will be thankful for attention to this inquiry. 



