Arachnida. 6497 



100 species of British spielers, and most of the figures are beautifully 

 drawn and coloured. 



P. cespiticola. Common at Bloxworth. 



P. aureolus. Bloxworth ; but rare. 



P. elegans. This strikingly marked species was discovered by 

 myself at Lyndhurst, in August, 1858 ; and has been recently named 

 and described by Mr. Blackwall in the c Annals.' It appears to be a 

 very local species, and, as far as I could ascertain, entirely confined 

 to one spot on the Heath, where with a little trouble I could always 

 find it. 



P. oblongus. Sparingly taken at Lyndhurst, in August, 1858 ; but 

 very plentifully at the base of grass stems on the sand-hills at South- 

 port, Lancashire, in October, 1858. This species drops to the ground 

 when disturbed, but quickly runs again up a grass mote, and, swinging 

 itself round, sits almost hidden, by stretching its four foremost legs 

 forwards and its four hinder legs backwards, into a straight line, 

 which, with the dull greenish straw-coloured abdomen, makes it look 

 exactly like the grass stem on which it is stretched. 



Sparassus smaragdulus. Beaten from among sweetgale bushes at 

 Bloxworth Heath ; but scarce. 



Family Drassioe. 



Drassus lucifngus. Ringwood Heath, Hants, under pieces of turf, 

 June, 1855 ; also a specimen under dry cow-dung on Lyndhurst 

 Heath, in August, 1858. 



D. ater. Under stones and rocks, near Pennsylvania Castle, Port- 

 land; but scarce. 



D. sericeus. Bloxworth, but not common. 



D. cupreus. Under stones, Bloxworth and Portland. 



D. micans. This species was discovered by myself under stones 

 and rocks at Portland, in September, 1857, and has been named and 

 described by Mr. Blackwall during the past year, in the 'Annals.' 



D. nitens. Under stones and rocks, Portland, September, 1858. 



D. propinquus. Lyndhurst Heath ; and Portland, under stones, 

 September, 1858. 



Clubiona holosericea. Bloxworth, but not common. 



C. amarantha. Bloxworth ; common. 



C. epimelas. Bloxworth ; rare. 



C. corticalis. Bloxworth ; rare. 



C. comta. Near Bradford, Yorkshire ; October, 1857. 



C. accentuata. Common at Bloxworth ; beat from trees. 

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