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 SPIDERS 53. Lepthyphantes blackwaUii, Kulczynski. Handsworth (F.P.S.). 54. Batbyphantes dorsalis (Wider). Handsworth (F.P.S.). 55. Bathyphantes gracilis (Blackwall). Handsworth (F.P.S.). 56. Bathyphantes concolor (Wider). Handsworth (F.P.S.). 57. Centromerus sylvaticut (Blackwall). Handsworth (F.P.S.). 58. Macrargus rufui (Wider). Cannock. 59. Centromerus simplex (F. P.-Cambridge). Cannock, Brewery cellar. 60. Microneta viaria (Blackwall). Cannock. 6 1. Microneta fuscipalpis (C. L. Koch). Handsworth (F.P.S.). 62. Pedanostethus lividus (Blackwall). Handsworth (F.P.S.). 63. Kulczynskiellum fuscum (Blackwall). Handsworth (F.P.S.). 64. Gonatium rubens (Blackwall). Handsworth (F.P.S.). 65. Dicyphus cornutui (Blackwall). Handsworth (F.P.S.). 66. Dicymbium nigrum (Blackwall). Handsworth (F.P.S.). 67. Erigone dentipalpis (Wider). Handsworth (F.P.S.). 68. Tiso vagans (Blackwall). Handsworth (F.P.S.). 69. Lophomma punctatum (Blackwall). Handsworth (F.P.S.). 70. Plcesiocrarus fuscipes (Blackwall). Handsworth (F.P.S.). 71. Entelecara acuminata (Wider). Handsworth (F.P.S.). 72. Arrecerus acuminatus (Blackwall). Handsworth (F.P.S.) ; Cannock. THERIDIID^E The members of this family have eight eyes, situated very much like those of the Argio- pidit ; but the mandibles are usually weak, the maxillae are inclined over the labium, and the posterior legs have a comb of stiff curved spines beneath the tarsi. The web consists of a tangle of crossing lines, and the spider often constructs a tent-like retreat wherein the egg-sac is hung up. The tarsal claws are three in number. 73. Theridion pictum (Walckenaer). Handsworth (F.P.S.). 74 75 Theridion iisyphium (Clerck). Cannock. Known also as T. nervoium, Blackwall. Theridion denticulatum (Walckenaer). Cannock. 76. 77- Theridion varians, Hahn. Cannock. Theridion ovatum (Clerck). Handsworth (F.P.S.). 78. Pholcomma gibbum (Westring). Handsworth (F.P.S.). 79. Crustulina guttata (Wicler). Handsworth (F.P.S.). MIMETID^ Spiders of this family are similar in general respects to the Theridiidie, having eight eyes and three tarsal claws. The species of Era construct a small brown pear-shaped or cylindrical egg-cocoon suspended on a fine silken stalk. 80. Erofurcata (Villers). Handsworth (F.P.S.). This spider is known also as E. thoracica and Theridion variegatum, Blackwall. DICTYNID^E The spiders belonging to this family possess three tarsal claws, and the eyes, eight in number, situated in two transverse rows, the laterals being in contact. The cribellum (or extra pair of spinning organs) and the calamistrum (a row of curving bristles on the protarsi of the fourth pair of legs) are present in all members of the family. They construct a tubular retreat with an outer sheet of webbing, which is covered with a flocculent silk made with the calamistrum from threads furnished by the cribellum. 81. Amaurobiut fenestralis (Stroem). 82. Amaurobius similis (Blackwall). Handsworth (F.P.S.). Handsworth (F.P.S.). Not so common as simi/is. Known also as Common. Known also under the Ciniflo atroxy Blackwall. Ciniflo. 123 name