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shire ; all taken by Colonel Yerbury between July 3rd and 26th 
inclusive. From Ireland there are examples from Leenane, Co. 
Galway, and Lough Conn, Co. Mayo, July 14th and 27th (E. E. 
Austen) ; and from Loo Bridge, Co. Kerry, July 6th-8th (Lieut.-Colouel 
Yerbury). The Continental series is from various localities from 
Norway to Rhenish Prussia. The range of the species as given 
by Brauer, in addition to Germany and Austria, includes Sweden, 
Russian Lapland, South Russia, and Eastern Siberia. 
Therioplectes luridus, Fin. 
Plate 15. 
This handsome species resembles the foregoing {Th. montanus) in 
size, while (as may be seen from a comparison of Plates 14 and 15) 
the general arrangement of the light and dark markings in the 
abdomen is similar to that presented by females of Th. montanus, in 
which the lateral ochraceous patches are well developed. The colours 
in the abdomen of Th. luridus, however, are much richer ; the black 
area is deeper in tone and more shining, while the lateral patches are 
chestnut instead of ochraceous. The predominance of black makes 
this a distinctly darker species than the foregoing. In both sexes of 
Th. luridus the hairy covering of the eyes is longer and darker than 
in Th. montanus (dark brown instead of yellowish brown or yellowish). 
Brauer (loc. cit., p. 148) describes the eyes of the male as "green, 
with three purple bands and red margin next the face," and those of 
the female as " green, with three purple bands." 
The length of two males of Th. luridus in the Museum collection, 
from Brodie, Elgin, N.B., June 9th and 10th, 1905 {Lieut. -Colonel 
Yerbury'), is I2| and 13! mm. respectively; seventeen Scotch females 
vary in length from \ \\ to 14^ mm. The dimensions of Continental 
specimens are much the same, though a male from Norway measures 
as much as 14 mm. in length. 
A long series of this species was taken by Colonel Yerbury at 
Brodie, from June 5th to June 10th, and at Nethy Bridge, Inverness- 
shire, N.B., from June 12th to July 1st, 1905. It will be observed 
