74 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1892. 



Phidippus minutus nov. sp 



Total length 



Length of cephalothorax 

 Length of abdomen 

 Leg formula 



Cephalothorax and abdomen black, covered with golden yellow 

 short hair, and scattered long black and white hairs ; clypeus 

 whitish yellow ; mandibles dark, somewhat greenish iridescent ; 

 legs reddish with black rings ; palpi yellowish, with whitish-yellow 

 hairs ; sternum dark-red brown with light hairs ; venter red-brown 

 on sides, with yellowish hairs, a broad central light stripe, limited 

 each side by dark ; epigynum and spinnerets reddish ; dorsum with 

 a band at base, losing itself on the sides ; another oblique band on 

 side ; two rows of three sj)ots on caudal part of dorsum, white. 

 Second row of eyes not quite twice as far from dorsal as from lateral 

 eyes ; dorsal eyes very prominent ; first pair of legs largest ; tibia I 

 with three strong black spines at tip ; anterior coxse separated by 

 almost width of labium ; sternum less than one and one-half times 

 as long as broad. 



One specimen. 

 Philseus princeps Peck. Plate II, fig. 32. 



Three males which may belong to this species. 

 Philaeus militaris Hentz. 



Abundant. 

 Dendryphantes capitatus Ilentz. 



Abundant. 

 Dendryphantes elegans Ilentz. 



One male specimen. 

 Dendryphantes flavus Peck. 



' Not uncommon ; under stones in cases during the winter. 

 Dendryphantes flavipedes Peek. 



Three females, quite similar to the males ; epigynum as on Plate 

 II, fig. 33. 



Dendryphantes insignis, nov. sp. Plate V, figs. 28 and 28a. 



Total length 9 4-6ram. 



Length of cephalothorax 

 Length of abdomen 

 Leg formula 



