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Entelecara flavipes, Bl.

Walckenaera flavipes, Bl.-Cambr. Spids. Dors., pp. 559, 577. Blackw. Spid. G.B.I., p. 898. Entelecara flavipes, Cambr., Proc. Dors. F.

Club, Vol. XVII., p. 59, and XXIII., p. 24. Although occasionally this little spider turns up locally in greater numbers, it is still generally rare. An adult male was sent to me in June, 1912, from Winfrith, by Dr. Haines, and one was also taken on the railings of the lawn at Bloxworth Rectory by the Rev. R. J. P.-C. in the same month.

Baryphyma pratensis, Bl.

Walckenaera pratensis, Bl.-Cambr., Spid. Dors.,

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p. 502.

Bl., Spid. G.B.I., p. 306. Meadii, Cambr., Proc. Dors. F. C.,

Vol. X., p. 13; Vol. XII., p. 95. Baryphyma pratensis, Bl.-Cambr., Proc. Dors. F. C., Vol. XVI., p. 106; Vol. XVII., p. 59; Vol. XX., p. 7; Vol. XXIV., p. 159; and Vol. XXVI., p. 53 (1905).

Baryphyma Schlickii, Simon

Araneides de France, V., p. 695.

(Cambr.);

Two adult males were sent to me in 1912 from Yarnton, Oxfordshire, by Mr. J. Collins. This is its first record from that county. It was also found in Wicken Fen many years ago by Mr. W. Farren and F. O. P.-Cambridge.

Gen. nov. COLLINSIA.

(For Generic Characters, etc., see p. 135, postea.)

Collinsia notabilis, sp.n. Figs. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. Not being able to allocate this very distinct little spider at present to any established genus, I have tentatively

formed a new one for it. It seems to be allied to Gongylidiellum; (for further particular description see postea p. 136) an adult male was found by Mr. J. Collins, of the Oxford University Museum, at Tubney, in Berkshire, and sent to me by him in May, 1912.

Araæoncus humilis, Bl.

Walckenaera, Bl.-Cambr., Spid. Dors., p. 150.

An adult male was found on the lawn railings at Bloxworth Rectory by the Rev. R. J. P.-C. in June, 1912. It appears to be still a rare spider in Dorsetshire.

Wideria fugax, Cambr.

Neriene fugax, Cambr., Spid. Dors., p. 121;
Proc. Dors. F. Club, XIV.,

p. 153.

An adult male found by A. E. Ll. P.-C. in Bere Wood on Nov. 7th, 1912. It is still an exceedingly rare spider.

Ceratinella scabrosa, Cambr.

Walckenaera scabrosa, Cambr., Spid. Dors., p. 143.

An adult male found in the shrubbery, Bloxworth Rectory, in May, 1912, by A. E. LI. P.-C. It is still a species of rare occurrence.

Ceratinella brevipes, Westr.

Walckenaera brevipes, Westr.-Cambr.
Dors., p. 143.

Spid.

An adult male found on the Lawn Railings at Bloxworth Rectory on June 23rd, 1912, by the Rev. R. J. Pickard-Cambridge. This, like the foregoing species, is also of rare occurrence.

Fam. MIMETIDÆ.

Ero tuberculata, DeGeer.

Ero tuberculata, DeGeer-Cambr., Spid. Dors., pp. 335, 580; Proc. Dors. F. Club, XVIII., pl. A, fig. 6, and XXXII., p. 42 (1911).

Both sexes, adult and immature, found on the heath near Trigon Hill in September, 1912, by A. E. LI. P.-C. and W. A. P.-C. It is still a very rare and local species.

Singa hamata, Clerck.

Fam. EPEIRIDE.

Epeira tubulosa, Walck.-Blackw., Spid. G.B.I., p. 364.

Singa hamata, Clk.-Cambr., Spid. Dors., p. 248, and Proc. Dors. F. Club, XXXI., p. 60 (1910).

Adult males sent to me by Mr. J. Collins from Tubney, Berkshire, in 1912.

Singa pygmæa, Sund.

Epeira anthracina, Bl., Spid. G.B.I., p. 357, pl. XXVII., fig. 257.

Epeira Herii, Bl., 1.c. pl. XXVII., fig. 264 (exclude description at p. 466).

Singa pygmæa, Sund.-Cambr., Spid. Dors., p. 249, Proc. Dors. F. Club, XXIII., p. 28, 1902, and XXVI., p. 54, 1905.

An adult female received from Mr. J. Collins, by whom it was found at Cothill, in Berkshire, in 1912; and also received, in 1912, from Dr. Haines, Winfrith.

Singa sanguinea, C. L. Koch.

Singa sanguinea, C. L. Koch-Cambr., Spid. Dors., p. 251; Proc. Dors. F. Club, Vol. XXIII., p. 28; Vol. XXX., p. 108; XXXI., p. 61 ; and XXXII., p. 42.

Epeira Herii, Hahn-Bl., Spid. G.B.I., p. 366 (exclude pl. XXVII., fig. 264).

An adult female received from Dr. Haines, Winfrith, in 1912.

Singa Herii, Hahn.

Singa Herii, Hahn-Cambr., Proc. Dors. F. Club,

XIV., p. 160, fig. 5, and XXXI., p. 61 (1910). An adult male was taken at Wicken Fen by Dr. Jackson in June, 1912," Naturalist," October, 1912, p. 315. This locality is the only one from which this very rare spider has hitherto been recorded in Great Britain.

Epeira Westringii, Thor.

Epeira Westringii, Thor.-Cambr., Spid. Dors., p. 260.

An adult male found at Witham, Berkshire; sent to me in 1912 by Mr. J. Collins, University Museum, Oxford.

Fam. THOMISIDE.

Thomisus onustus, Walck.

Thomisus onustus, Walck Cambr., Spid. Dors., p. 188; and Proc. Dors. F. Club, XXI., p. 25, and XXIII., p. 28 (1902).

A rare and local spider found in the blooms of various plants on heaths. Immature females sent to me from the district of Winfrith in June, 1912, by Dr. Haines.

Oxyptila sanctuaria, Cambr.

Oxyptila sanctuaria, Cambr., Spid. Dors., p. 319;
Proc. Dors. F. Club, Vol. VI., p. 10; XIV.,
p. 161; XV., p. 114; XX., p. 11; XXXII.,
P. 44.

On the

wall of Bloxworth Rectory I found an adult male on the 24th of August, 1912, remarkable for its exceedingly minute size. It is a rare and local species.

Oxyptila Blackwallii, Sim.

Both sexes, but the males immature, were received from Dr. Haines, by whom they were found at West Lulworth in July, 1912. It is a rare species, and appears to be confined to the sea coast, beneath stones and among dwarf herbage.

Tibellus maritimus, Menge.

Tibellus oblongus, Kulcz., Aran. Hungariæ, p. 115, Tab. IV., fig. 28.

Thanatus oblongus, Menge (female), Preussische

Spinnen, p. 396, Tab. 224, fig. 3.

Tibellus maritimus, Menge-Kulcz.

(male),

Cambr., Proc. Dors. F. Club, XXXII.,

p. 47, pl. A, figs. 28-31 (1911).

Tibellus oblongus, Walck.-Cambr., Spid. Dors., p. 339 (ad partem).

Both sexes are recorded as abundant in Wicken Fen by Dr. Jackson and Mr. Falconer in June, 1912. ("Naturalist," October, 1912, p. 316.)

Fam. LYCOSIDE.

Trochosa spinipalpis, F. O. P.-Cambr.

Trochosa spinipalpis, F. O. P.-Cambr., Ann. and Mag. N.H., ser. 6, Vol. XV., p. 28, pl. III.,

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