364 ARANEIDEA OF GtJEBNSBY. 



The species taken by Mr. Walker near St. Malo have 

 not been included in the above total and are added only as a 

 matter of interest, being taken on the coast of the mainland 

 which lies nearest to this group of islands. For the single 

 species taken on Lihou we are indebted to Mr. Luff, who 

 observed numbers of the tubes of Atypus piceus, Sultz., during 

 the summer of the present year. 



Judging from the physical character of the islands, their 

 favourable geographical situation, and the great variety in the 

 character of their surface and soils, one would not hesitate to 

 say that they probably possess a very rich spider-fauna indeed, 

 and, although the species hitherto recorded are, with a few 

 exceptions, precisely what one might expect to meet with on 

 the coast of England, there are even now indications which 

 would point to the existence of species belonging rather to a 

 fauna more nearly allied to that of France and the Continent 

 than to that of the British Islands. 



There can be little doubt but that the present list might 

 with very little trouble be certainly doubled, and perhaps 

 trebled, for the species that have come to hand are, with a 

 few exceptions, those which would be likely to fall under the 

 observation of the ordinary collector who secures the most 

 obvious specimens which are either running over the surface 

 of the ground or lurking under the loose stones. 



There is a noticeable absence of the more minute forms 

 which so greatly help to swell a list, but are less easily 

 observed ; while there is at the same time an unaccountable 

 absence of many species so common in England, and such as 

 would force themselves on the notice. 



We shall await with great interest and some curiosity the 

 result of the further investigation of these interesting islands, 

 and may be allowed to express a hope that, during the 

 approaching season, several consignments may find their way 

 over to us from some energetic members of the Guernsey 

 Society of Natural Science and Local Research. 



I must in conclusion express my thanks to those who 

 have so kindly contributed material towards the compilation 

 of this list, and especially to Mr. W. A. Luff and the Com- 

 mittee of the Society for permitting its publication in their 

 Transactions. 



Swanage, Oct., 1894. 



Fam. theraphosid/e. 



AtypuS piceus, Sultz. (A. suiter i t 131.) Sark. Ilerm. Jersey. 

 Guernsey. Lihou. Houmet Homptolle. — Collings. Luff. 



