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Araehnida. 



limited space of the southern half of the county of Dorset I have as 

 yet captured about two hundred species, and I can hardly imagine 

 Scotland to possess fewer than this. The Scotch list at present num- 

 bers eighty-three ; so that on this supposition there is plenty of room 

 for further discovery yet. I shall hope, therefore, that a sort of com- 

 mencement, however meagre and imperfect, having been set on foot, 

 some industrious collectors will soon add to it ; and I can only repeat 

 here again how much pleasure it will give me at any time to receive 

 specimens from Scotland for examination, and to return them, if 

 wished, with the names and such other observations as I may be able 

 to make upon them. 



Since writing the above I have received a small bottle of spiders 

 from Sutherlandshire and Ross-shire, kindly collected for me by the 

 Rev. J. F. Montgomery, of Edinburgh : this box contains, among 

 others, seven species I did not meet with myself during my tour. 



List of Spidei's found. 

 Tribe Octonoculina. — Fam. Lycosid^e. 



Lycosa agretyca. Arthur's Seat. 

 L. andrenivora. Ben A'an. 



L. rapax. Ben A'an, Ben Nevis, Schiehallion, &c, &c. 

 L. saccata. In dry watercourses among water-worn stones, every- 

 where. 



L. lugubris. In woods at foot of Ben A'an. 



L. obscura. Among heath, Ben A'an, Ben Nevis, &c. 



L. exigua. Everywhere. 



L. fluviatilis. Among stones on shores of Loch Rannoch. 

 L. piratica. Under stones near head of Loch Katrine, and among 

 wet moss at Loch Rannoch. 



Dolomedes mirabilis. Foot of Ben A'an. 



D. fimbriatus. Not met with by myself, but the late Mr. Foxcroft 

 showed me several adult females captured at Loch Rannoch in 1858. 



Fam. Salticidje. 



Salticus scenicus. Arthur's Seat, &c, on posts and palings. 

 S. reticulatus. Under stones, Arthur's Seat. 



Fam. Thomisid^e. 



Thomisus cristatus. Everywhere. 

 T. erraticus. Arthur's Seat. 



