174 Falconer : The Spiders of Yorkshire . 
Lycosa nigriceps Thor. 
Widely distributed in the British Isles as far north as the Gram- 
pians ; Isle of Man, 1908 ; abroad, Norway, Sweden and N.E. 
France ; usually common, especially in heather districts. Adult 
May and June, £s later also. First occurrence — the author, 
Linton Common, June, 1903. 
V.C. 61. — Riccall and Skipwith Commons, W.P.W., W.F. ; Barmby 
Common, J.F. ; Allerthorpe Common, T.S. 
V.C. 62. — Middlesbrough district, common everywhere on heather 
and elsewhere in Cleveland, J.W.H. ; Hayburn Wyke, Beast 
Undercliff, Staintondale, T.S. ; Scarborough ; Scalby Mill ; 
Ringingkeld Bog ; Cayton Bay. 
V.C. 63. — Lidgett Green, T.St.; Harden Moor, W.P.W. 
V.C. 64. — Linton Common, both sexes ; Newby Cote (Ingleborough). 
V.C. 65. — Cautley, W.P.W. ; near Middleton in Teesdale, J.W.H. 
L. purbeckensis F. O. P. Camb. 
New in 1895, now recorded from the coast of many parts of England 
and a few places in Ireland and the Crinan Canal (Scotland). 
Adult, May and June, $s later also. 
V.C. 61. — Humber shore both east and west of Hull, and Spurn, 
common, T.S. These are all the var. minor. 
L. pullata Clerck. 
Distributed throughout the British Isles including St. Kilda, 
Northern and Central Europe ; abundant in woods, lanes and fields, 
running about or temporarily sheltering beneath stones, as do 
others of the same genus. Adult, May to July, $s later also. 
First occurrence — the author, Slaithwaite, June, 1897. 
V.C. 61, 62, 63, 64. — Very widely diffused and recorded stations 
very numerous. 
V.C. 65.— How Gill, W.P.W. ; Hardraw, W.E.L.W. ; Y.N.U., 
Upper Teesdale ; abundant in Wensleydale. 
L. lugubris Walck. 
Widely distributed in the British Isles as far north as Moray, 
and on the Continent from North Norway and Russia to Adriatic ; 
usually common amongst fallen leaves in woods. Adult, April 
and May, $s later also. First occurrence — the author, Butternab 
Wood, June, 1900. 
V.C. 61. — South Cave, E.A.P. ; Market Weighton and Houghton 
Woods, T.S. 
V.C. 62. — Eston, J.W.H. ; Falling Foss, W.P.W. 
V.C. 63.— Bradford, G.H.O. (V.C.H.) ; Wilsden, R.B. ; Martin 
Beck Wood, C. ; Calver ley, Saltaire, Hurst Wood (Shipley), 
W.P.W. ; Y.N.U., Deffer Wood ; Butternab Wood, Helme and 
Crosland Edge (Huddersfield). 
V.C. 64. — Shipley Glen, Trench Wood (Saltaire), Howden Ghyll, 
W.P.W. ; Bishop Wood ; Washburn Valley. 
L. herbigrada Bl. 
Local in distribution but with a wide range in the British Isles as 
far north as Inverness ; abroad, Norway, Russia, Central Europe 
and Guernsey. Adult, May and June, $s later also. First 
occurrence — the author, Crosland Moor, July, 1907. 
V.C. 61. — Pulfin Bog (Beverley), 1 adult <$, E.A.P. 
V.C. 62. — Eston, immature, J.W.H. 
V.C. 63. — Crosland Moor, Huddersfield, 2 $s. 
[To be continued.) 
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No. 2604 of the Smithsonian Publications deals with ‘ The Necessity 
of State Action for the Protection of Birds ’ (reprinted from the Agricul- 
tural Magazine for May, 1919), by Dr. W. E. Collinge. 
Naturalist 
