Arachnida of Epping Forest.
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Theridion sisyphium, Clerck.—On low plants and on
heather; abundant.
T. formosum, Clerck.—Two adult females, near "Forest
School," Wanstead, June, 1884.
T. varians, Hahn.—On various plants and low boughs of
trees ; frequent.
T. simile, C. Koch.—On various low plants.
Phyllonethis lineata, Clerck.—On bushes and plants of
various kinds ; frequent.
Steatoda bipunctata, Linn.—Under rooty ledges.
S. guttata, Wider.—Bather a rare spider; in similar
situations with the last.
Neriene fusca, Blackw.—Grass and heather roots.
N. viva, Cambr.—A rare spider. Among weeds, &c, in
an old gravel-pit.
N. livida, Blackw.—Among dead leaves.
N. innotabilis, Cambr.—Ditto.
N. herbigrada, Blackw.—Among moss and dead leaves.
Walckenaera bifrons, Blackw.—On low bushes and branches
of trees.
W. picina, Blackw.—Under dead leaves,
W. cucullata, C. Koch.—Ditto.
W. acuminata, Blackw.—Females only. Ditto.
Linyphia obscura, Blackw.—Bather a rare spider ; on low
bushes, and often in interstices of bark of trees.
L. tenebricola, Wider.—On grass and other herbage.
L. bicolor, Blackw.—On herbage of various kinds.
L. concolor, Wider.—Among debris and under stones and
bits of wood.
L. peltata, Wider.—On branches of trees and bushes.
L. triangularis, Clerck.—On bushes and low plants.
L. clathrata, Sund. — Among dead leaves and other
debris.
L. ericaea, Blackw.—On grass and herbage.
L. zebrina, Menge.—On grass and among dead leaves and
sticks.
Ero thoracica, Wider.—Among debris of sticks and pieces
of wood.