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cross-band ; epigynum is part reddish ; legs with a few spines. The 

 male is sometimes a little larger than female ; colors similar, except 

 that there is a dark spot at base of venter, which extends caudad in 

 some specimens and may darken the whole venter; palpal organ 

 dark reddish ; it is a beautiful structure. 



Locally common, exceedingly so on Beebe Island, Fall Creek; 

 also found in Inlet Marsh ; autumn and winter. 



Diplostyla concolor Keuss. 



Not uncommon in Inlet Marsh, Sept., Nov. 

 Drapetisca socialis Sund. 



Two specimens, male and female. 

 Helophora insignis Blk. 



Infrequent. Drydeu Lansing Swamp, Sept. ; Six Mile Creek, 

 Sept. ; Fall Creek, Aug. ; Round Marshes, Oct. Varies in size and 

 markings. 



Bathyphantes minuta Blk. 



Inlet Marsh. One specimen, Nov. 

 Bathyphantes nebulosa Sund. 



In houses. Forest Home and Heustis St., March and Nov. 

 Bathyphantes zebra Em. 



Common in autumn and winter under leaves. 

 Bathyphantes alpina Em. 



Frequent, Inlet Marsh, Buttermilk Creek. 

 Bathyphantes subalpina Em. 



Frequent, Cascadilla Creek, Buttermilk Creek. 

 Bathyphantes decorata, nov. sp. Plate II, fig. 41. 



Length 9 and J' r9mm. 



Cephalothorax yellow with black around eyes ; a black margin ; 

 sometimes a dorsal median stripe black ; legs with basal joints 

 yellowish, distal joints paler; sternum dark brown to blackish; 

 venter and sides of abdomen in S dark, in 9 lighter gray ; sides 

 with two silvery spots ; dorsum pale with no dark markings or 

 indistinct ; a middle interrujited dark chevron and two or three, 

 usually more complete, behind this ; apex dark, a number of silvery 

 spots in dorsum ; epigynum reddish, as is also palpal organ ; eyes 

 prominent and projecting, head slightly more raised and projecting 

 in male than female; legs long; abdomen slender. 



Infrequent, Burdick's Glen, Sept. 



