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2. LIOBUNUM Koch. Anterior and lateral borders of cephalothorax 

 not spinose; eye tubercle rather small and smooth; legs usually very 

 long and slender: 16 American species. 



L. vittatum (Say) (Fig. 649). Body reddish- 

 brown, with a distinct mid-dorsal stripe; pedipalps 

 and legs brown or black ; length about 9 mm. ; of pedi- 

 palps, 5 mm. long; length of legs, first, 42 mm., second, 

 90 mm., third, 43 mm., fourth, 

 61 mm.: eastern and central 

 America; common in fields 

 and woods. 



L. politum Weed (Fig. 

 650). Body reddish-brown; 

 pedipalps light brown, legs 

 black; eye tubercle rather 

 prominent, with a row of small black projections over each eye; length 

 about 5 mm.; pedipalps 2.8 mm. long; length of legs, first, 25 mm., 

 second, 51 mm., third, 26 mm., fourth, 36 mm. : eastern and central states, 

 in fields and woods; common. 



L. grande (Say). Body blackish and tuberculate, 9 to 12 mm. long; 

 pedipalps 6 mm. long; length of legs, first, 20 mm., second, 35 mm., third, 

 21 mm., fourth, 28 mm. : eastern and central states. 



Fig. 649 Liobunum vittatum (Weed). 



Fig. 650 



Fig. 651 



Fig. 650 Liobunum politum (Weed). A, dorsal aspect after the removal of the 

 legs; B, side view of the eye tubercle. Fig. 651 Lioounum ventricosum (Weed). 

 A, dorsal aspect after the removal of the legs ; B, side view of the eye tubercle. 



L. ventricosum (Wood) (Fig. 651). Body elongate; legs and body 

 cinnamon or yellowish-brown; length 7 to 10 mm.; length of legs, pedi- 

 palps, 5 mm., first, 33 mm., second, 64 mm., third, 33 mm., fourth, 48 

 mm.: eastern and central states; common. 



3. PHALANGIUM L. Anterior and lateral borders of cephalothorax 

 spinose; eye tubercle with 2 series of spines: 2 species in America. 



