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sides of dorsum darkest and separated into three parts by light 

 cross lines; venter dark brown, somewhat reddish in the middle, 

 spinnerets yellowish, reddish-brown at base. Cephalothorax higher 

 in middle than in front ; clypeus vertical ; the four M. E. form a 

 quadrangle as broad as high ; the lower M. E. not smaller, and as 

 far from each other as are the upper M. E. from each other, and 

 nearer to the larger S. E. than to each other ; eyes of upper row 

 at about equal distances, and of nearly equal size. On both tibipe 

 and metatarsi I and II two rows of five to six spines. 

 Rare. 



Xysticus transversus, nov. sp. Plate III, figs. 6, 6a and 6b. 



Total length 9 8- mm. 



Length of cephalothorax 8*5mm. breadth o"2mm. 



Length of sternum l*7mm. breadth l*2mm. 



Length of femur I 3' mm. tibial 2* mm. 



Length of femur IV 2'2mm. tibia IV r6mm. 



Distance between epigynum and spinnerets 2'7mm. 



Cephalothorax light yellowish, with a dark reddish-brown baud 

 each side terminated by two black oblong spots ; head reddish- 

 brown, edge white, with a narrow median stripe terminated behind 

 by a black spot ; clypeus lighter than sides ; base of hills of S. E. 

 white ; falces, palpi, mouth-j^arts, sternum and under side of legs 

 light reddish-brown, spotted or striped with darker brown, legs 

 above light reddish-brown with darker spots ; a white stripe on 

 femur, patella and tibia I and II. Abdomen brown above, white 

 on posterior sides, and dark brown on venter; spinnerets white with 

 a dark band at base; the brown of dorsum darker toward the apex, 

 and here separated on each side by a few white cross lines into 

 almost black quadrangles. Cephalothorax much higher in middle 

 than in front, widest in middle; clypeus vertical; eyes in two rows 

 about equally curved ; the four M. E. form a quadrangle wider than 

 high ; the lower M. E. as far from each other as are the upper 

 M, E. from each other ; the lower M. E. farther from each other 

 than from the very much larger S. E. ; the eyes of the upper row at 

 about equal distances from each other ; the upper M. E. somewhat 

 larger than the lower M. E, and smaller than the upper S. E.; 

 abdomen rounded, widest caudad of middle ; on metatarsi I and 

 II two rows of four to five spines, on tibite I and II two rows of 

 three to four s^jiines. 



