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Microneta quinquedentata Em. 



Common in autumn. 

 Microneta palustris, nov. sp. Plate II, tig. 47. 



Length $ . 2-9mm. 



Cepbalothorax dark orange brown, shining ; legs brighter, first 

 pair darkest, tips of legs darker than base ; mandibles as cepbalo- 

 thorax ; sternum red-brown ; abdomen black, hairy ; legs with long 

 black hairs; tibia of male palpus small, without teeth, femur long ; 

 S. E. touching ; upper M. E. larger than lower and a little farther 

 apart. 



Two specimens, Negundo woods, Feb. 



Microneta discolor Em. 



Several specimens, Fall Creek, Feb. 

 Microneta cornupalpis Em. 



Not uncommon. Fall and Six Mile Creeks, Nov., March, April. 

 Some females are twice as large as others. 

 Microneta luteola, nov. sp. Plate II, tig. 48. 



Length $ 2-3mm. 



Cepbalothorax bright brownish-yellow ; margin scarcely darker ; 

 eyes with black rings ; mandibles yellowish ; legs lighter than 

 cepbalothorax ; sternum yellow with dark edges ; venter blackish 

 gray, with a pale line each side ; dorsum gray, with a whitish band 

 near apex, and in front of this a number of small indistinct light 

 spots ; palpal organ dark reddish ; legs very long ; cepbalothorax 

 very broad and low ; head broad. 



One specimen, Fall Creek, Nov. 

 Microneta flaveola, nov. sp. Plate Y, tig. 49. 



Length $ l*2mm. 



Cepbalothorax, mandibles, and legs, pale brownish-yellow ; eyes 

 with black rings ; sternum blackish ; abdomen greenish-gray, lighter 

 above, somewhat blackish on venter ; palpal organ reddish ; palpi 

 short ; legs long ; tibia of male palpus small ; abdomen small and 

 low. 



One specimen. Six Mile Creek. 



Microneta complicata, nov. sp. Plate II, tig. 50. 



Length $ 2"7mm. 



Cepbalothorax orange yellow ; eyes with black rings ; mandibles 

 slender and narrow, yellowish ; legs yellowish, a little lighter than 



