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 SPIDERS Salticus scenkus, will be well known to all observers, running and leaping on the walls of houses in the bright sunshine. 31. Euophrys frontalis (Walckenaer) Brighton 32. Heliophanus flavipes (C. L. Koch) Brighton (O.P.-C.) Abundant in most districts. 33. Heliophanus cupreus (Clerck) Hastings (F.P.S.) 34. Salticus scenicus (Clerck) Ristings (F.P.S.) This spider is also known as Epihle, scenicum 35. Marpissa muscosa (Clerck) H.isting3 (F.P.S.) One of the largest and most beautiful of our Attida^ often abundant under the bark of old wooden palings, or among the loose stones of walls, such as those which cross the downlands. 36. Ergane falcata (Clerck) East Grinstead (F.P.S.) 37. Euophrys eequipes, O. P. -Cambridge Brighton (O.P.-C.) 37A. Attus mancus, Thorell Worthing (O.P.-C.) PISAURIDiE Spiders with eight eyes in three rows, and three tarsal claws. The first row of eyes consists of four small eyes which are sometimes in a straight line, sometimes recurved and sometimes procurved. Those of the other two rows are situated in the form of a rectangle of various proportions. Pisaura runs freely over the herbage, carrying its egg-sac beneath its sternum, while Dolomides is a dweller in marshes and swamps. 38. Pisaura mirahilis (Clerck) 39. Dolomedes fimbriatus, Walckenaer Hastings (F.P.S.) East Grinstead (F.P.S.) Known also as Dolomedes, or Ocyale^ mirahilis. LYCOSID^ The members of this family also have eight eyes, similarly situated to those of the Pisau- rida, but the first row is straight. Tarsal claws three. The spiders are to be found running freely on the ground and carrying their 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. 40. Lycosa ruricola (De Geer) Hastings (F.P.S.) ; Shoreham (J.H.B.) A very common species. This male has a claw at the end of the palpus. 41. Lycosa accentuata, Latreille Hastings (F.P.S.) Known also as Tarentula or Lycosa andreni- vora. 4 1 A. Lycosa pulverulenta (Clerck) Lancing (J.H.B.) 4 IE. Lycosa terricola, Thorell Brighton (F.P.S.) 42. Pardosa lugubris (Walckenaer) Brighton AGELENID^ 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 among the rocks or the herbage, or the chinks in the walls of outhouses, wherever the various species may happen to be found. The habits of Argyroneta are however different. 49. Tegenaria derhami (Scopoli) 50. Tegenaria atrica (C. L. Koch) Hastings (F.P.S.) Hastings (F.P.S.) I 241 31 43. Pardosa amenta ta (Clerck) Hastings (F.P.S.) ; Lancing O-H.B.) 44. Pardosa pullata (Clerck) Hastings (F.P.S.) 45. Pardosa palustris (Linn.) Hastings (F.P.S.) 46. Pardosa annulata (Thorell) Hastings (F.P.S.) 47. Pardosa proxima (C. L. Koch) Hastings (F.P.S.) 48. Pirata piraticus (Clerck) Hastings (F.P.S.)