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misnomer. Mr. Pratt remarked that the collectors for Messrs. 

 Godman and Salvin had no time to study habits, since they were 

 told simply to collect as much material as possible. 

 Mr. Banks presented the following paper : 



SOME SPIDERS FROM NORTHERN LOUISIANA. 

 By NATHAN BANKS. 



During the summer of 1891 I gathered a small collection of 

 spiders from the vicinity of Shreveport, Louisiana. Although 

 there are few peculiar or strange species in the collection, still it 

 is of some interest, as so little is at present known of the distribu 

 tion of our spiders. Yet there are several uncommon species, at 

 least uncommon to one acquainted chiefly with more northern 

 forms. Such are the Prodidomus rufus, Tetragonophthalma 

 dubia, Acartauchcnius texana, and Thargalia aurata. Two 

 species quite rare in the North are Histiagonia rostrata and 

 Ballus youngi. 



About 127 species are recorded in this list, distributed in 

 twenty-one families. The collection is representative of the 

 southern Mississippi Valley fauna. This differs from the South 

 Atlantic fauna in having some southwestern species. Seven 

 species appear to be nsw and are here described ; a few others, 

 principally in the Lycosidse, may prove to be new when the 

 southern forms of this family are better known. 



THERAPHOSID^E. 

 Eurypelma hentzi Girard. 



SCYTODID^:. 

 Loxosceles rufipes Duf. 



FlLISTATIDyE. 



Filistata hibernalis Hentz. 



DYSDERID^E. 

 Ariadne bicolor Hentz. 



Thalamia parietalis Hentz. 



PHOLCIDyE. 



Pholcus phalangoides Fuess. 

 Spermophora meridionalis Hentz. 



PRODIDOMIDyK. 



Prodidomus rufus Hentz. 



DRASSID^E. 



Gnaphosa sericata Koch. 

 Drassns bicolor Htz. 

 Cesonia bilineata Htz. 

 Prosthesima depressa Em. 

 Prosthesima atra Htz. 

 Megamyrmecion lepidium n. sp. 



CLUBIONID^E. 

 Clubiona obesa Hentz. 

 Clubiona abboti Koch. 

 Chiracanthium inclusa Hentz. 

 Anyphaena gracilis Hentz. 

 Anyphsena decepta n. sp. 

 Gajenna parvula n. sp. 

 Phrurolithus alarius Hentz. 

 Thargalia ornata Hentz. 

 Thargalia aurata Hentz. 

 Thargalia sp. 



