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ST. HELENA. 
Soc., March, 1873, p. 211, pi. xxiv. fig. 1 . “It is of a dull whitish 
drab-yellow colour, clothed sparingly with coarsisli brown hairs, 
and marked on the hinder half of the upper side with a series 
of four or five strong and well-defined transverse angulated bars or 
chevrons of a dull rusty reddish colour, the apex of each one (except 
the foremost) running into the one before it.” As Mr. Cambridge 
only discovered one specimen in my collections, and that a female 
not yet adult, it certainly is a rare species. 
Farn. Dysderidce. 
Dysdera, Latr. 
D. crocota, C. Koch (Z). rubicunda, 131. ). — This fleshy, red- 
coloured spider is easily distinguished. It is rather abundant on 
the high land, where it appears to spin no web, but a couple are 
almost certain to be found under every large-sized stone in the 
country gardens and neighbourhood of old buildings. It is indi- 
genous to Great Britain. 
Segestria, Latr. 
S. senoculata, Walck. — Indigenous to Great Britain. 
S. perfida, Walck. This large black Wall-spider, which Mr. 
Cambridge says he has met with in Corfu, and that it has been 
taken once or twice in England and is common in Spain, is very 
abundant both in the town and on the high land. It spins its 
tubular nest between the joints of stones in walls, opening out to 
the suiface of the wall in a funnel-shaped aperture. It is 
fond of stables, outhouses, cellars, and such like places, but is fre- 
quently caught prowling about the inside of houses after dark, never 
seeming to come out of its hole during the day-time. It fights des- 
perately with its own species, and thus affords considerable amuse- 
ment, to the street-boys, who are very fond of indulging in a “ spider 
fight, to witness which schoolboys will even risk the penalties of 
escaping from church during the time of service. 
Fam. Drassidce. 
Gnaphosa, Latr. 
*G. lugubris, Cambr.— This rare native Spider, of which I was 
only able to capture one specimen, is described and figured by 
