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PMlodronius aureolus Clk. Common. 



Tibelliis oblongus Walck. Plentiful throughout the Louth district 

 amongst grass. In i\Iay, among the herbage on the hedge- 

 banks in Mill Lane, Louth, these Spiders were often noticed 

 seated on the midribs of leaves of Rumex obtiisifolius, where a 

 kind of protective resemblance operated, owing to the similarity 

 of the elongate body of the Spider to the midrib of the leaf One 

 thus situated was observed to be preying upon a Philodj'oiiius. 

 In July this species was very plentiful among the strong grass or 

 the coast sandhills at Saltfleet. 



LYCOSIDES. 



Ocyale mirabilis Clk. Taken on the steep banks of Grisel-bottom, 

 Burwell Wood. Also at Well Vale, near Alford, and on the 

 Lincoln Road, near Louth. 



Pirata piraticus Clk. Margins of a drain, Mablethorpe. 



Trochosa picta Hahn. Taken, though not very commonly, on the 

 sandhills at Mablethorpe. 



Trochosa ruricola DG. A specimen taken in December 1885 in its 

 winter quarters — a cavity under the bark of a tree-stump at Caw- 

 thorpe, near Louth. The only other specimen I have met with 

 as yet was taken after dark, in April, on a wall in Crow Tree 

 Lane, Louth. 



Trochosa terricola Thor. Several specimens taken in spring near 

 Louth ; also at Mablethorpe. 



Tarentula miniata Koch. Taken at Mablethorpe, in June. This 

 Spider has hitherto only been recorded for one locality in 

 England — Southport. Lancashire. It is also found in Scotland. 



Tarentula pulverulenta Clk. Taken at ]\Iablethorpe in June. 



Lycosa amentata Clk. Common. 



Lycosa lugubris Walck. Haugham Wood. 



Lycosa proxima Koch. Common. 



Lycosa nigriceps Thor. Beaten plentifully from furze, Lincoln Road, 

 near Louth. Also taken in an old chalk-pit on the London 

 Road, near Louth. 



SALTICIDES. 



Epiblemum scenicum Clk. Common on walls and gates, Louth and 

 Mablethorpe. 



Epiblemum cinguiatum Panz. Common about wooden railings and 

 posts in the neighbourhood of Louth and near the sea at 

 Saltfleetby. 



^ttus pubescens Fabr. Taken in a room at 7, Lee Street, Louth. 

 Var. A ttus sparsus Bl. Louth, one specimen. 



Feb. 1887. 



