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A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 202. Arreceni! mcnoccm. Wider. Southport (O. P.-C. and A. R. J.). Known also as IValckcnaera monocens. Z03. Wideria antka. Wider. Southport (A. R. J.). 204. Sintula cornigera, Blacicwall. Grange (W. F.). 205. Maso Sundevallii, Westring. Kiricby, Rev. J. H. Bloom (O. P.-C.) ; Lan- caster, Morecambe, Grange (W. F.). 206. Wakkenaera nudipalph, Westring. Southport (A. R. J.). 207. Wakkenaera lurpda, Blackwall. Crumpsall Hall, Manchester (Blackwall). This species is not at present known, no type being in existence, but may be found at some future time and identified. 208. Ceratitielk brev'ipes, Westring. Southport, Dr. A. R. Jackson (O. P.-C). 209. Neriene kifidicola, Thorell. Crumpsall Hall, Manchester (Blackwall). Found on railings and under stones, but the species is not known at present. Known also as Neriene i-ufipes, Blachvall. 2 1 o. Hericne dubia, Blackwall. Manchester (Blackw.ill). Not at present identified. Type lost 211. Keriene lugubtis, Blackwall. Manchester (Blackwall). Not at present identified. Type lost. MIMETIDyE Spiders of this family are similar in general respects to the Theridlida, having eight eyes and three tarsal claws, but the anterior pairs of legs bear long spines in a series on the tibia and protarsi. The species of En construct a small brown pear-shaped or cylindrical egg- cocoon suspended on a fine silken stalk. 212. Erofurcata, ViWcn. Warrington (L. G.). Known also as Ero thoracica and Theridim variegatum, Blackwall. THERIDIIDiE The members of this family have eight eyes situated very much like those of the Jrgyopida, but the man- dibles are really weak, the maxiUs are inclined over the labium, and the posterior legs have a comb of stiff cun-ed spines beneath the tarsi. The web con- sists of a tangle of crossing lines, and the spider often constructs a tent-like retreat wherein the egg-sac is hung up. 213. Episinus trumatus, ^'alckenaer. Duddon Vale ; Coniston. Not very common, but found amongst dry grass or on sunny banks. Known also as Theridion angulatum, Blackwall. 2 1 4. Steatoda bipunctata, Linnaeus. Warrington (L. G.) ; Southport (O. P.-C. and A.R.J.). A dark brown, shiny, rather flattened globular spider, living in chinks of walls, angles of windows, and crevices in the partitions of old stables, etc., emerging usually at nightfall. The males arc re- markable for their very large palpi and also for the possession of a stridulating organ, formed by a series of chitinous ridges in a hollow at the anterior part of the abdomen, which move over some cusps on the conical posterior portion of the carapace. Known also as Steatoda bipunctata and Theridion quadripunctatum. Black- wall. 215. Pedanostethta lividus, Blackwall. Warrington (L. G.) ; Southport (A. R. J.). A common species under stones on the fells and in many other localities. Known also as Neriene Fwida, Blackwall. 2 1 6. Theridion ovatum, Clerck. Warrington (L. G.) ; Southport (O. P.-C. and A.R.J.). A very common species. The female lives in the folded leaf of a bramble, or that of some other shrub, spinning the edges together. Within this domicile she constructs a round sea-green egg-sac about as large as a very small pea. The spider has a pale yellow abdomen with a broad pink central dorsal band, or two pink bands one on each side. Another variety has no pink bands, but a row of black spots on each side. The male and female can often be found together within their leafy domicile. This spider is also known under the name Phyllonethii lineota and Theridion lineatum. 2 1 7. Theridion vittatum, C. L. Koch. Southport (A. R. J.). 218. Steatoda sisyphium (Clerck). Southport (O. P.-C. and A. R. J.) ; Warrington (L.G.). ^ery common on gorse and holly bushes, where they construct a tent-like domicile and spin up within its shelter the small greenish egg-sacs. The young when hatched pass their earlier days within the tent, but on the death of the mother spider they scatter, taking up positions for themselves amongst the neigh- bouring foliage. Known also as Theridion sisyphium and Theridion nervosum, Blackwall. 219. Steatoda picta, WalckenaeT. Warrington (L. G.) ; Southport (O. P.-C. and A.R.J.). A very beautiful species, resembling a large example of T. varians, with a bright red and white dentated band on the dorsal side of the abdomen, found, often abundantly, on holly and other bushes, where they construct a large and very perfectly formed thimble-shaped domicile, covered with dry chips of leaves and twigs, often decorated with the wings, legs, wing-cases and other debris of the victims which have served them for food. Known also as Theridion pictum. 220. Steatoda varians, Hahn. Warrington (L. G.) ; Southport (O. P.-C. and A.R.J.). A very much smaller species, varying considerably in colour, found abundantly in greenhouses and also '54