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on Bloxworth Heath in Dorsetshire, and Lyndhurst Heath in 

 Hampshire ; all these, however, were immature. 



It appears to he an exceedingly rare, as well as local, spider 

 in England, and has hoen obtained only by sweeping tho 

 heather with an entomological net. I have never observed its 

 snaro in this country. I met with it, however, frequently in 

 Palestine, in 1865, and had many opportunities of seeing it 

 thore in its regularly-woven, orbicular snare, in the centre of 

 which there was generally a line, or narrow band, of adhesive, 

 flocculent web, covered with bits of earth, and othor ddbris, as 

 well as the remains of its insect food ; the spider was usually 

 stretched out upon this band with its legs directed fore and 

 aft in a straight line. 



An adult male was sont to me, in 1879, among other spiders, 

 from Wokingham by the Eev. C. "W. Penny, of "Wellington 

 College. This sex is less distinctly marked than the female, but 

 resembles her very nearly in general characteristics. 



