28 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1892. 



Dictyna cruciata Em. ? 



One specimen, probably this species. 



Dictyna foxii Marx.l Plate I, figs. 78 and 7Sa. 



Total length 9 2mm. 



Cephalothorax pale yellow-brown ; darkest in front ; mandibles 

 similar; eyes surrounded by black ; front M. E. very small; legs 

 yellowish, growing brighter from behind forward ; sternum a little 

 yellowish ; abdomen white, with a short median spot on front of dor- 

 sum black, and behind this several black bands, somewhat in the 

 form of chevrons, fainter spots on the sides ; spinnerets more or 

 less surrounded by black. 



Two specimens, Oct., Fall Creek. 



Dictyna volupis Keys. 



Abundant in grass in summer, under bark in winter. 

 Dictyna frondea Em. 



One specimen. South Hill. 

 Dictyna maxima, nov. sp. Plate I, fig. 79. Plats IV, fig. 79a. 



Total length 9 4-3mm. 



Length of cephalothorax l"5mm. 



Abdomen swollen with eggs. 



Cephalothorax almost black, shining, only a little space behind 

 eyes lighter and yellowish ; mandibles black ; palpi and legs white ; 

 sternum and lip dark red-brown, maxillfe lighter ; abdomen light- 

 grayish, with many small irregular, silvery spots on sides and dor- 

 sum ; these leave the appearance of net-work of gray ; in these sj)ots 

 are many small gray dots ; along each upper side several rusty 

 brown spots, the basal ones largest, apical ones smallest, sometimes 

 these are partially connected ; venter with a median red-brown 

 strii>e ; spinnerets reddish ; epigynum as in figure. 



One specimen. 



Dictyna decorata, nov. sp. Plate I, fig. 81. Plate IV, fig. 81. 



Total length 9 2-5-2-9mm. 



Cephalothorax dark red-brown ; head and clyj)eus yellowish-red ; 

 mandibles reddish to yellowish-brown; sternum yellow; maxillte 

 similar ; lip darker ; legs white to yellowish ; abdomen whitish ; 

 venter with a few reddish spots, sometimes in form of a central 

 stripe ; dorsum on each side with a red-brown or nearly black 



^This is Prodalia foxii Marx. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., 1891. 



