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Theridium inornatum, n. sp. 



Length $ i mm. Cephalothorax, legs and sternum yellowish, slightly 

 blackish about the eyes; abdomen grayish. Similar to T. unimaculatum, 

 but not one-half as large, without any black spot above or around the 

 spinnerets. Leg I is long and large as in T. unimaculatum ; the femur is 

 much longer than the cephalothorax, and the tibia is longer than the meta 

 tarsus. The male palpus is truncate at tip with a large, stout, sharp- 

 pointed projection from the outer corner, it is nearly as long as the width 

 of the tarsus; the bulb is quite simple, it shows the outline of a curved 

 tube, the style is short, stout and straight, with two curved pieces near by. 



One from Shreveport, La., and one from Kissimmee, Fla. 



Tmeticus parvus, n. sp. 



Length $ i.i mm. Cephalothorax, mandibles and legs pale yellowish, 

 eyes on black spots ; sternum a little darker; abdomen grayish. Cephalo 

 thorax rather broad, head not much narrowed, but little elevated. Pos 

 terior eye-row straight, P. M. E. less than their diameter apart, rather 

 closer to the nearly equal P. S. E. ; A. M. E. smaller, hardly their diam 

 eter apart, about as far from the rather larger A. S. E. ; mandibles stout, 

 vertical, two teeth on front of each; sternum triangular, about as broad 

 as long, truncate in front, narrowly projecting between the hind coxae 

 behind ; legs quite long, tibia plus patella IV rather longer than the ceph 

 alothorax, no spines above on tibiae; abdomen small, hardly longer and 

 no wider than the cephalothorax, rather depressed, pointed at the tip. 

 Male palpi quite long, the tibia is considerably enlarged at tip and has 

 several broad projections at the tip. a triangular one projecting above the 

 tarsus, and one on each side, with a smaller one below; the hook of 

 palpus is rather narrow, there is an indentation on the upper edge near 

 the tip, which latter is nearly circular beyond. There is a large dark oval 

 body at base of bulb from the side of which arises the style, which curves 

 toward the tip and then outside of the tarsus, where its tip rests in a hya 

 line sheath, below the latter is a triangular dark body ; near tip of the bulb 

 and just below the upper part of the style are two sharp-pointed dark 

 teeth, rather close together and nearly equal in size. 



One male, Shreveport, La. 

 Acartauchenius texana, n. sp. 



Length ^ 2 mm. ; 9 2 -5 mm - Cephalothorax yellowish or reddish, 

 eyes with black rings; legs whitish or yellowish; abdomen whitish with 

 a central black stripe and several apical black chevrons ; sternum yellowish 

 or reddish with a dark edge; venter pale; sides of abdomen are some 

 times dark. The head of the tf is elevated and tipped with several strong 

 black hairs ; the elevation bears the P. M. E. near its base, they are very 

 remote from the smaller A. M. E., from which the head slopes back to the 

 top of the elevation. The mandibles are of moderate size and vertical; 



