A HISTORY OF ESSEX 121. Dicymbium nigrum (Blackwall). Broxted. Known also under the name Neriene. 122. Prosoponcus cristatus (Blackwall). Broxted. 123. Pleesiocrterus fuscipes (Blackwall). Chelmsford. Known also under the name Walckenaera. 124. Pltesiocrttrm latifrons (O. P.-Cambridge). Chelmsford. Known also under the name Walckenaera. 125. Plasiocregrus picinus (Blackwall). Epping Forest (O. P.-C.). 126. Savignia frontata, Blackwall. Broxted. Known also under the name Walckenaera. 127. Gongylidiellum vivum (O. P.-Cambridge). Epping Forest (O. P.-C.). Rare and local. Known under the name Neriene. 128. Dismodicus bifrons (Blackwall). Epping Forest (O. P.-C.). 129. Walckentena acuminata (Blackwall). Epping Forest (O. P.-C.). Not uncommon, but females only. Known also under the name Walckenaera. 130. Viderius cucullatus (C. L. Koch). Epping Forest (O. P. C.). 131. Lophocarenum parallelum (Wider). Broxted. Rare. Known also under Walckenaera. THERIDIIDjE The members of this family have eight eyes, situated very much like those of the Argio- pidie ; 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 crossings lines, and the spider often constructs a tent-like retreat wherein the egg-sac is hung up. The tarsal claws are three in number. 132. Theridion formosum (Clerck). Broxted ; Wanstead (O. P.-C.). Known also as T. sisyphium, Blackwall. 133. Theridion tepidariorum, C. L. Koch. High Beach (F. P. S.) ; Broxted. 134. Theridion sisyphium (Clerck). Epping Forest (O. P.-C.). Known also as T. nervosum, Blackwall. 135. Theridion denticulatum (Walckenaer). Epping Forest. 136. Theridion variant, Hahn. Epping Forest (O. P.-C.) ; Broxted. 137. Theridion vittatum, C. L. Koch. Hoddesdon (F. M. C.) ; Broxted. Known also as T. pulchellum (Walckenaer). 138. Theridion pal/ens, Blackwall. Broxted. 139. Theridion simile, C. L. Koch. Epping Forest (O. P. C.). 140. Theridion ovatum (Clerck). Broxted. Known also under the name Phyllonethis lineata. 141. Theridion familiar e, O. P.-Cambridge. Broxted. In an old barn. 142. Episinus lugubris, Simon. Broxted. Known also as Theridion angulatum, Black- wall. 143. Pholcomma gibbum, Westring. Broxted ; Epping Forest (O. P.-C.). 144. Steatoda bipunctata (Linnaeus). Broxted ; Epping Forest (O. P.-C.). Known also as Theridion quadripunctatum, Blackwall. 145. Steatoda guttata (Wider). Epping Forest (O. P.-C.). Known also as Theridion guttatum, Black- wall. A single specimen only. 146. Pedanostethus Kvidus (Blackwall). Epping Forest (O. P.-C.). 202
