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 A HISTORY OF ESSEX either an orbicular snare, as in the case of the ' common garden spider,' or consists of a sheet of webbing, beneath which the spider hangs and captures the prey as it falls upon the sheet. This immense family includes those usually separated under the names Epeiridte and Linyphiidte. 62. Mtta segmentata (Clerck). Epping Forest (O. P.-C.) ; Broxted. Very abundant. Known also as Epeira inc/inata, 13 kick wall. 63. Meta meriante (Scopoli). Epping Forest (O. P.-C.) ; Broxted. Not uncommon. Known also as Epeira antriada, Blackwall, and a striking variety as E. celata, Blackwall. 64. Tetragnatba extensa (Linnaeus). Epping Forest (O. P.-C.) ; Broxted. Most abundant and generally distributed. 65. Tetragnatha solandri (Scopoli). Broxted. 66. Pachygnatha clerkii, Sundevall. Broxted ; Epping Forest (F. P. S.). 67. Pachygnatha degeerii, Sundevall. Broxted ; Epping Forest (F. P. S.). Common and generally distributed. 68. Cyclosa conica (Pallas). Snaresbrook. A few specimens only have been taken. Known also as Epeira conica, Blackwall. 69. Zilla x -notata (Clerck). Epping Forest (F. P. S.). Very common. Known also as Epeira similis, Blackwall. 70. Zilla atrica, C. L. Koch. Snaresbrook ; Epping Forest (F. P. S.). Almost as common as the above. Known also as Epeira callophylla, Blackwall. 7 1 . Araneus cucurbitinus, Clerck. Epping Forest (O. P.-C.). Common and generally distributed. 72. Araneus diadematus, Clerck. Epping Forest (O. P.-C.). Abundant and generally distributed. 73. Araneus cornutus, Clerck. Broxted. Common. Known also as Epeira apoc/isa, Blackwall. 74. Araneus patagiatus, Clerck. Epping Forest (F. P. S.). 75. Araneus umbraticus, Clerck. Broxted ; Earl's Colne (F. P. S.). Common and generally distributed. 76. Araneus triguttatus, Fabricius. Epping Forest. Not common. Known also as Epeira agalena, Blackwall. 77. Linyphia impigra, O. P. Cambridge. Chelmsford. 78. Linyphia triangularis (Clerck). Broxted ; Epping Forest (O. P.-C.). Common. Known also as L. montana, Blackwall. 79. Linyphia hortensis, Sundevall. Broxted. Known also as L. pratensis, Blackwall. 80. Linyphia pusilla, Sundevall. Epping Forest. Known also as L. fu/iginea, Blackwall. 81. Linyphia montana (Clerck). Broxted. Common. Known also as L. marginata, Blackwall. 82. Linyphia c/athrata, Sundevall. Broxted ; Epping Forest (O. P.-C.). Abundant. Known also as Neriene mar- ginata, Blackwall. 83. Linyphia insignis, Blackwall. Epping Forest. 84. Linyphia peltata, Wider. Epping Forest (O. P.-C.). 85. Labulla thoracica (Wider). High Beach (F. P. S.) ; Broxted. Common. Known also as Linyphia cauta, Blackwall. 86. Floronia bucculenta (Clerck). Chelmsford. Rare. Known also as Linyphia frenata (Wider). 87. Stemonyphantes lineatus (Linnaeus). Epping Forest. Known also as Linyphia bucculenta, O.P.-C., and Neriene trilineata, Blackwall. 88. Lepthyphantes leprosus (Ohlert). Broxted. Common. 200