20 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1892. 



Drassus humilis, nov. sp. Plate I, figs. 60 and 60a. 



Total length 9 8-9mm. 



Length of cephalotliorax Synini. breadth 2'7nim. 



Langth of abdomen 5' mm. breadth 2*5mm. 



Cephalothorax and mandibles brownish yellow ; seam black ; 

 a little black around the eyes ; sternum brownish-yellow in center, 

 darker on sides ; lip darker; masilli?e yellow-brown; epigyuura red- 

 dish surrounded by yellow; venter light grayish with black hairs; 

 spinnerets yellowish ; legs pale yellowish ; dorsum dark gray with 

 several lighter chevrons and two spots near base, these are most dis- 

 tinct when wet; dorsum with black hairs; epigynum as figured; 

 upper row of eyes procurved and longer than lower row which is 

 straight ; abdomen very low and flat, broadest at middle, pointed 

 behind ; legs moderately long and slender. 



Frequent under stones. South Hill. Aug. 



Clubiona obesa Hentz. Plate I, fig. 61. 



Length 9 9mm. 



Length of cephalothorax 3mm. breadth 2mm. 



Cephalothorax pale yellowish ; mandibles darker yellow-brown ; 

 legs white; sternum pale, with four dark spots on the sides, one at 

 the base of each of the four hind coxee ; abdomen pale pinkish, 

 darkest above and with a darker median strij^e which reaches to 

 the middle of the abdomen ; spinnerets white ; epigynum as figured. 



One specimen. 



Clubiona tibialis Em. Plate T, fig. 62. 



Large 9 , total length 7*7mm. 



Length of cephalothorax 3'2mm. breadth 2"lmm. 



Length of abdomen 4*5mm. bi'eadlh 2.1mm. 



Small 9 i^ (rlmra. long; cephalothorax 3ram. long. 



Very similar to Avhat I have called the female of C. crassipalpis 

 Em. The cephalothorax yellow-brown, black in eye-region and on 

 clypens ; mandibles and mouth-parts black ; sternum yellowish, 

 with reddish spots on sides; legs like sternum; venter similar; dor- 

 sum of abdomen more red-brown, lighter at base. Epigynum very 

 broad as in figure ; clypeus very low ; mandibles very much pro- 

 jecting in front of cephalothorax ; eye-region broad and low; body 

 with white hairs ; legs with both white and black hairs. 



Two specimens from Inlet ]\Larsh, Aug. The cocoon consists of 

 two sheets of silk connecting the edges of a blade of a large grass. 

 The eggs are placed in an inner case between the two sheets of silk. 



The mother watches the cocoon. 



