AEANEAE 



435 



Fig. 685 Phidip- 



pus podagrosus 



(Einerton). 



P. podagrosus Hentz (P. multiformis Emerton) (Fig. 685). Length 

 8 mm.; males black, with white and orange markings on the abdomen; 

 female brown, mixed with black, white, and yellow, 

 there being 3 or 4 pairs of white spots on the abdo- 

 men of both sexes : very common on plants, with bag- 

 like nests among the leaves. 



P. audax Hentz. Length 12 mm.; color black, 

 with 3 large, white spots on the abdomen and several 

 smaller ones: common under stones and sticks where 

 it has a nest. 



3. DENDRYPHANTES Koch. Second and third 

 rows of eyes both small ; eye area forms a quadrangle ; 

 cephalothorax rather high and short; 

 third leg shorter than fourth: about 

 22 American species. 



D. capitatus (Hentz) (D. cestiva- 

 lis Peckham). Length 5 mm.; legs 

 ringed; color variable, in male dark brown with a white 

 stripe on each side, in female light yellow with 4 pairs 

 of brown spots on the abdomen: common on bushes. 



4. SALTIOTTS Latreille (Epiblemum 

 Hentz). Eyes of front row touching one 

 another; mandibles of male very long and 

 projecting in front of head: 4 American 

 species. 



S. scenicus (Clerck) (Fig. 686). Length 6 mm.; gray 

 in color with 2 pairs of oblique, white spots on the abdo- 

 men and 2 white spots 011 the cephalothorax: one of 

 the commonest jumping spiders, on houses and fences; 

 also in Europe. 



5. MARPISSA Koch (Marptusa Thorell). Cephalo- 

 thorax and abdomen both widened in the middle and of 

 about the same size; legs long and thick: 6 American 

 species. 



M. familiaris (Hentz). Length 12 mm.; body flat- 

 tened, gray in color; cephalothorax with a dark brown 

 band along each side; abdomen with a broad, irregular, 

 yellowish-white median band: common on houses and 

 fences. 



6. HYCTIA Simon, Abdomen long and slender and 



narrower than the cephalothorax ; front legs much larger than the others : 

 2 American species. 



Fig. 686 Balti- 

 cus scenicus 

 (Emerton). 



Fig. 687 

 Hi/ctia pikei 

 (Emerton). 



