MISUMENIN~. 135 
* Central quadrangle not longer than broad. Femora 
i. and ii. spinose, as in Xysticus. Tibize i. and ii. 
with 3—3 spines; protarsi i. and il. with 4—4 
spines beneath and 3—3 lateral spines. Carapace 
compressed, quite flat in the region of the thoracic 
stria . . . 2 ew ee ee ee ee eS)SCBasssanta, O. P.-Cambr. 
** Central quadrangle much longer than broad (in the 
type of the genus). Femora i. and i. scarcely 
spinose, with one spine or none. Tibie i. and il. 
with 2—2 spines; protarsi i. and ii. with 3—3 spines 
and sometimes one lateral spine on the other side. 
Carapace not compressed, quite convex in the region 
of the thoracic stria . . . . . 2)... ))06LOxyprina, O. P.-Cambr. ] 
6, Tarsal claws i. and i. with from 10-12 denticles. 
* Central quadrangle narrower in front. Eyes of anterior 
row almost equidistant ; anterior row almost straight, 
the anterior margins of the laterals falling just in front 
of the middle of the centrals. Labium twice as long 
as broad; maxille less elongate, somewhat dilate at 
the apex toe ew ew we ee ee) «CUS NEMA, E. Sim. 
** Central quadrangle not narrower in front, if anything 
broader. Central anteriors distinctly further from 
each other than from the laterals. Anterior margin 
of the laterals aligned with the posterior margin of the 
centrals. Labium three times as long as broad. 
Maxille distinctly more elongate and not dilate at 
the apex . . . . . 
B. Lateral anterior tubercle smaller than the posterior. Clypeus 
and mandibles obliquely porrected, upwards and forwards . . Tmarus, E. Sim. 
PaRaSYNEMA, gen, nov. 
The above-mentioned characters and the more complete generic diagnoses given 
below are taken from specimens of the female sex. The distinction drawn by 
M. E. Simon [Hist. Nat. Araign. (2) i. p. 970] between the Misumenee and Diez 
on the ground of the separation or otherwise of the lateral eye-tubercles cannot be 
retained, for the males of Miswmenops have the lateral eyes situated upon two distinct 
tubercles, while those of the female are nearly similar to those of Miswmena. 
Indeed, the position of the eyes and the character of the ocular group will probably 
prove quite unreliable in separating the genera of the Thomiside; for instance, we 
have the carina across the ocular group characteristic of Runcinia present in a species 
which is obviously close to Oxyptila. With regard to the making of new genera in 
these groups, there is only the other alternative of merging all the existing ones 
together. 
It is extremely probable that all the Misumenoid forms, including Pistius, Thomisus, 
