that of the female Jth ; somo individuals, howevor, are smaller. 

 T. variam appears to be generally distributed throughout 

 Great Britain, and is not unfrequent in greenhouses and con- 

 servatories, as well as in the other situations mentioned. 



THERIDION TINCTUM. 



Theridion tinctum, Walck., Blackw., Spid. Great Brit, and Irel., 

 p. 109, pi. xiv., fig. 121. 



Length of the male 1-1 2th of an inch, that of the female 

 1-lOth. 



Though nearly allied to Theridion variant this spider may easily 

 be distinguished by a greenish tinge upon its general white and 

 yellowish ground colour, as well as by the pattern both of the 

 abdomen and cephalo-thorax ; that on the abdomen is broken 

 up, and a good deal confused by black markings, spots, and 

 blotches ; the legs also are longer, very slender, and more dis- 

 tinctly spotted and annulated [with black. The cephalo-thorax 

 has a blackish, triangular marking, running from the hinder row 

 of eyes to the thoracic indentation, where its finely-pointed apex 

 terminates. So far as my own experience goes it is never found 

 on walls, nor in the angles and crevices of doorways, &c, like T. 

 denticulatum, nor in greenhouses like T. varians and T. pidum ; 

 but always on low trees and shrubs, or on the lower boughs of 

 high trees. In such situations, especially on apple trees, it is 

 abundant at Bloxworth and also at Glanvilles Wootton, and is 

 adult at the end of May and in Juno. I have met with it also 

 in Hampshire, and have received it from other parts of England. 

 Mr. Blackwall has unwittingly made a mistake in his "Spid. 

 Great Brit, and Irel.," p. 191, where he states that I had found 

 this species " in uninhabited rooms." 



THERIDION SIMILE. 



Thekidion simile, C. L. Koch, Blachw., Spid. Great Brit, and 

 Irel., p. 187, pi. xiv., fig. 119. 

 This is a smaller spider than either of the four last, the male 

 measuring rather less than 1-1 2th of an inch in length. 



