2?2 



This fin6 spidor appears to be very rare in England. Tho 

 only examples I have seen are four found on low fir treos on 

 Bloxworth and Mordon Heaths, and ono on Parley Hoath 

 between Wimborne and Ringwood. Those were all femalos, 

 excepting one, an immaturo malo, and were found in tho month of 

 June many years ago.* I have compared thorn with Swedish 

 examplos of Epeira angulata, Clerck., and can find no differonco 

 betweon them. The adult malo is unknown to me ; the young 

 malo alluded to above diffors in no way from tho fomalo in its 

 colours and markings. 



EPEIEA ABBUSTORUM. 



Epeira arbustorum, C. L. Koch., Uebersicht d. Arachn. Syst., 



1 Hoft., p. 3. 

 Epeira bioornis, Walck., Blackw., Spid. Great Brit, and Irol., 

 p. 361, pi. xxvii., fig. 260. 



The length of the male is about l-6th of an inch, and that of 

 the female about 1 -5th, or rather more. 



Tho form of the abdomen in this spider is very like that of 

 Epeira angulata, Clerck., but, not to mention the great difference in 

 the size of the two species, the posterior side of the quadranglo 

 f ormod by tho four central eyes of tho prosont spider is equal in 

 longth to the anterior ; the angular prominoncos on the abdomon 

 are ako of a much blunter form, and the general hue of the spidor 

 is groon and groy, mixod and variegated together ; the angular 

 points of the dontatod band, also, on tho abdomen aro less well 

 defined, and blunter ; and tho posterior margin of each denticu- 

 lation is broadly edged with a black dash ; these dashes occas- 

 sionally meet and form transvorso black bars on the hindor part. 

 Tho under side has a broad, longitudinal, black, central band, 

 margined on each side with a pale, whitish-yellow, slightly- 

 curved stripe. There is some variety in the colours of this 

 spider, the dark parts varying from brown to red-brown and 



* Since the above was written I have (in Juno, 1878) met with an adult 

 female in its snare among the branches of rhododondrons on the borders of 

 t he lake at Morden Park, near Bloxworth. 



