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Arachnida. 



Family Theridiid^e. 



Theridion tinctum, Walck. I met with both sexes of this species, 

 adult and in considerable numbers, on furze-bushes at Hursley, in 

 May, 1860. It has not before been recorded as British. 



T. projectum, Camb, New to Science. *An adult male, and females 

 adult and immature, of this minute but very distinct species, were 

 found by myself at the roots of heath, Bloxworth, in April and May. 



*T. angulatum, Blackw. Among spiders kindly collected for me at 

 Folkestone last summer, by Dr. Knaggs, M.D., I found an adult male 

 of this remarkable species, which 1 had met with before at Hursley, 

 and in some abundance on Bloxworth Heath, though nearly all imma- 

 ture. 



Family Linyphiim. 

 Linyphia triangularis, Walck. I met with adult females of this 

 spider in corners and crevices of rocks on the banks of Loch Katrine, 

 in July last. 



L. longidens, Wider. At heath-roots, Bloxworth , under stones 

 between Loch Katrine and Inversnaid, and also received from Hurs- 

 ley from the Rev. S. M. Scroggs. 



*L. frenata, Wider. Adults of both sexes in abundance among 

 low plants in plantations at Drayton-Beauchamp, Buckinghamshire, 

 in August. 



L. obscura, Blackw. The female of this species has not before 

 been recorded. Adults of this sex, and immature males, were cap- 

 tured by myself at Wycbwood Forest, Oxfordshire, and on the Pent- 

 land Hills, in June ; and at Hursley and Bloxworth, in August and 

 September last. Mr. Meade also met with both sexes, adult, in Ire- 

 land, in June last. 



L. circumspecta, Blackw. Adults of both sexes among grass at 

 Formby, Lancashire, in June, 1859. 



L. flavipes, Blackw. Adults of both sexes at heath-roots, Blox- 

 worth, in May. 



Neriene corticea, Camb. New to Science. Adults of both sexes 

 among moss and rugged bark of ash and apple trees at Bloxworth, in 

 May and October last. 



N. elevata, Camb. New to Science. Adults of both sexes were 

 discovered in 1859, under sea-weed and at the roots of grass and 

 dwarf willows, on the sand-hills, Southport. 



N. vagans, Blackw. Adult males were captured at heath-roots, 



