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 SPIDERS LYCOSIDJE The members of this family are to be found running freely over the ground, and carry- ing the egg-sac attached to the spinners. Many of the larger species make a short burrow in the soil and there keep guard over the egg-sac, with slight differences. 42. Lycosa ruricola (De Geer). Broxted ; Epping Forest (F. P. S.). Known also as L. camfestris, Blackwall. 43. Lycosa ttrricola, Thorell. Broxted ; Epping Forest (O. P.-C). Known also as L. agretica, Blackwall. 44. Lycosa accentuata, Latreille. King's Oak. Known also as Tarentula andrenivora. 45. Lycosa pulverulenta (Clerck). Broxted. Known also as L. rapax, Blackwall, and Tarentula pulverulenta. 46. Pardosa lugubris (Walckenaer). Broxted ; Epping Forest (O. P.-C.). Eyes and tarsal claws as in the Pisaurid*, 47. Pardosa pullata (Clerck). Broxted ; Epping Forest (O. P.-C.). Known also as Lycosa otscura, Blackwall. 48. Pardosa nigrifeps, Chorell. Epping Forest (O. P.-C.). 49. Pardosa palustris (Linnzus). Chelmsford. Known also as Lycosa exigua, Blackwall. 50. Pardosa amentata (Clerck). Epping Forest (O. P.-C.). ; Broxted. 51. Pardosa annu/ata, Chorell. Epping Forest (O. P.-C.). 52. Pirata piraticus (Clerck). Loughton (F. P. S.). AGELENID.E Spiders with eight eyes, situated in two straight or more or less curved transverse rows. Tarsal claws, three. The species of this family spin a large sheet-like web, and construct a tubular retreat at the back of it, which leads to some crevice amongst the rocks or in the herbage, or in the chinks in the walls of outhouses and barns, wherever the various species may happen to be found. The habits of Argyroneta, the water spider, are however quite different. The posterior pair of spinners is much longer than the others in the more typical genera of this family. 53- Tegenaria atrica, C. L. Koch. Epping Forest. 54. Tegenaria parietina (Fourcroy). Epping Forest. Abundant in parts of this county and the London district generally. Known also as T. guyonii and T. domestica. 55. Tegenaria derhami (Scopoli). Epping Forest ; Broxted. A very common species everywhere. 56. Tegenaria silvestris, L. Koch. Broxted ; Chelmsford. Known also as T. campestris. 57. Cicurina cinerea (Panzer). Broxted ; Epping Forest, under bark (F. P. S.). Common in a cellar at the vicarage. 58. Agelena labyrinthica (Clerck). Epping Forest. Abundant, forming large sheet-like webs on the herbage, with a funnel-shaped tubular retreat. 59. Hahnia elegans (Blackwall). Chelmsford. Not uncommon amongst the roots of aquatic plants and riverside herbage. Known also as Agelena e/egans, Blackwall. 60. Hahnia montana (Blackwall). Epping Forest (O. P.-C.). Not uncommon. Known also as Agelena montana, Blackwall. 61. Argyroneta aquatica (Clerck). Whipps Cross, Waltharostow (F. P. S.). ARGIOPIOfc The spiders included in this family have eight eyes, situated in two rows, the lateral eyes of both rows being usually adjacent if not in actual contact, while the central eyes form a quadrangle. The tarsal claws are three, often with other supernumerary claws. The web is 199