7 

 8 



Thomisid.t:. 



Drassid^e. 



Agalenid^. 



Epeiridjt:. 

 Theridid^. 



14 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1892. 



6. Tarsi with two claws, no web, 

 Tarsi with three claws, usually a web, 



7. Second pair of legs as long or longer than the 

 fourth, all e3^es diurnal, 



Second pair of legs not so long as fourth, only 

 anterior M. E. diurnal, 



8. Hind spinnerets longer than othersand of two 

 joints' ; or else extra spinning organs and an- 

 terior eyes equal and the front S. E. colorless, 

 Hind spinnerets of but one joint ; when extra 

 spinning organs are present then front S. E. are 

 smaller than front M. E. and dark in color, 



9. Inner angle of maxill?e rounded, else with ex- 

 tra spinning oi'gans, with an orb web, 

 Inner angle of maxillse not rounded, with an 

 irregular web, 



DRASSIDJE. 



Micaria longipes Em. 



Rare. Heustis St. and Fall Creek, Aug. 



Micaria formicoides, nov. sp. Plate I, fig. 51. 



Total length. 



Length of cephalothorax 2* m m. 

 Length of abdomen 

 Length of sternum 

 Length of femur I 

 Length of femur IV 



Cephalothorax dark yellow-brown, with a large V-shaped mark at 

 end of cephalic portion ; behind this the thoracic part is veined 

 with golden metallic scales. Cephalic part darker, near eyes cov- 

 ered with iridescent scales ; hair brownish. Mandibles yellow- 

 red-brown, lighter at apex ; basal joints of palpi similar, distal 

 joints light yellow ; mouth parts and sternum red-brown with scat- 

 tered long white hairs. Coxa3 light yellow-brown, hind ones lightest ; 

 trochanter similar but with a dark stripe before and behind. 

 Femora I and II yellow-brown, darkest at base; other joints light 

 yellow with scattered white hairs and many brown scale-like spines. 

 Coxae III and IV with a patch of white scales above ; femora red- 

 brown, other joints lighter. Femur III with three stripes of white 

 scales one above, one in front, and one behind ; femur IV with one 

 white stripe above ; patella and tibia III and IV Avith a white stripe 

 of scales above. Abdomen dark, covered with iridescent scales 

 above and below ; near base a broadly interrupted band of white, 



^This point is difficult to see in Cybceus. 



