170 NOTE — ARACHNIDA. 



PYRGCHROA, Geoff. 



Pyrochroa serraticornis, Scop, (rubens, F.). This species, the 

 commonest of the 'cardinal-beetles," was bred freely in 1884, 

 by Mr. Smedley, Mr. Wilding, and myself, from larvae and pupse 

 dug out of a dead poplar at Wallasey. We also captured the 

 imagines in the same locality. 



MORDELLA, L. 



Mordella fasciata, F. A specimen of this species, captured at Rain- 

 hill by the Rev. H. H. Higgins, is in the Derby Museum, Liver- 

 pool. 



ANASPIS, Geoff. 



Anaspis frontalis, L. 

 Anaspis ruficollis, F. 



Anaspis melanopa, Forst. All three species are common on haw- 

 thorn blossom in May, and on the flowers of the mountain-ash 

 in June. 



MELOE, L. 



Meloe proscarabseus, L. Very common in spring on dry sandy 

 roadsides, where there are burrows of wild-bees (Anrfrenidce). 



Meloe violaceus, Marsh. I have a single specimen taken some 

 years ago, but not recognised as distinct at the time of capture. 

 Probably from Bidston Hill. 



NACERDES, Schmidt. 



Nacerdes melanura, L. I have twice met with this species, on both 

 occasions in the immediate vicinity of salt water, once at Brom- 

 borough Pool and once on the Aigburth shore. About twelve 

 months ago Mr. W. Johnson sent me a large number, which had 

 been obtained from under the floor of a workshop in the south 

 end of Liverpool. 



NOTE—ARA CHNIDA. 



Spiders at Louth, Lincolnshire.— A short time ago I sent Mr. T. 

 D. A. Cockerell four spiders which I caught near Louth in December 1885 ; he 

 has obtained their names, through the kindness of the Rev. O. P. Cambridge, as 

 follows : — 



Epeira umbratica Clk. Found under the loose bark of an aspen tree. 

 Clubiona brevipes Bl. About half a dozen found in silken tents under the bark 

 of a dead ash tree. 



Trochosa ruricola DG. Found in a little cell under the bark of an old stump. 



Amaurobius fenestralis Stroem. Caught while running over 'the stump on 

 which the last species was taken. Concerning this species Mr. Cambridge, in his 

 ' Spiders of Dorset,' says : — ' Found but rarely at Bloxworth [Dorsetshire], under 

 stones and brickbats. It is much more abundant in the North of England.' — H. 

 Wallis Kew, Louth, April 1886. 



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