55 



Of the synonyms taken up by Westeing (and Menge) under the 

 head of Linyphia crypticola ( Leptyphantes crypticola) , besides Sunde- 

 vall's L.nebulosa Var. a, which is absolutely certain, only L. furcida 

 C. Koch, and probably L. circumjiexa id., belong to this species. 

 Also Grube acknowledges (Verzeichn. d. Arachn. Liv-, Kur- u. Ehstl., 

 p. 27 (441)) L. furcida as a synonym of his L, nebidosa Sund, : 

 similarly Nordmann (Erst. Verzeichn., p. 14). Lin. crypticolens Walck., 

 on the contrary, is a wholly different species, and the same that 

 C. Koch has called Meta celhdana (Nesticus celhdanus (Cxerck) 

 nob.) , as C. Koch, Blackwall and others have perceived, and as I 

 convinced myself when I obtained the opportunity of examining nu- 

 merous (German) specimens of C. Koch's Meta celhdana. Walcke- 

 naer's with special emphasis repeated assurance , that the legs of his 

 L. crypticolens are without spines (Ins. Apt., II, p. 276, 278) shows 

 clearly that that species has nothing to do with L. nebidosa Sund. — 

 In L. circumjlexa C. Koch the legs appear to be without the dark 

 rings that are found in L. nebidosa, according to both Koch (Die 

 Arachn., XII, p. 128, fig. 1050) and Ohlert (Aran. d. Prov. Preuss., p. 

 46). Such rings are however present in a d" -specimen sent by Ohlert 

 to me, and which is identical with L. nebidosa Sund., and accord- 

 ingly Ohlert's synonym must be considered as sure, even if C. Koch's 

 L. circumjlexa should not belong to this species. 



Menge has been kind enough to send me specimens of his Lep- 

 typhantes crypticola. — J An. vivax Blackw. , of which I have received 

 a cf- specimen from Mr. Cambridge, is also a perfectly sure synonym 

 for L. nebidosa. — Sundevall has erroneously classed L. minuta 

 Blackw. or L. domestica Eeuss as a variety ("Var. y") of this species. 



(Pag. 114.) 13. L. domestica [= Linyphia minuta Blackw. 1833 



+ Linyphia leprosa Ohl. 1865]. 



Lin. minuta Blackw.: 



Linyphia nebulosa Var. y Sund., Sv. Spindl. Beskr., in Vet.-Akad. 



Handl. f. 1829, p. 219. 

 „ minuta Blackw., Charact. of some undescr. gen. etc., in 

 Lond. and Edinb. Phil. Mag., 3 Ser., HI, p. 191. 

 „ domestica Reuss, Zool. Misc., Arachn., p. 259 (265), PI. 



XVIII, fig. 1. 



minuta Br.ACKw., Spid. of Gr. Brit., II, p. 218, PI. XV, 



fig. 144. 



Leptyphantes muscicola Menge, Preuss. Spinn., p. 133, PI. 25, tab. 54. 



Syn.: 1830. 

 1833. 

 1834. 

 1864. 

 1866. 



