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Mandibles strong, cylindrical, inflated in the middle region, slightly 

 diverging, without teeth at the claw-groove. Claw long and curved. 



Maxillcz slightly longer than broad, inclined over the labium, a little 

 broader at the truncated tip. 



Labinm about two-thirds the length of the maxillae, subtriangular, as 

 long as the basal width, rounded at tip. 



Sternum round-ovate, a little longer than broad, pointed between the 

 coxae IV. 



Legs short, fourth pair the longest, without spines, moderately stout. 

 Three tarsal claws, superior with from 8 to 10 long and very slender 

 teeth. Calamistrum distinct. 



Abdomen ovate, pointed at tip. Cribellum oval, undivided. 



Neophanes pallidus, nov. species. Plate I, fig. 4. 



Female. Cephalothorax long, 0.6 mm. ; abdomen long, I mm. ; total 

 length, 1.6 mm. Leg I, 1.3 mm. ; II, 1.2 mm. ; III, I mm. ; IV, 1.5 mm. 



Cephalothorax and trophi pale orange yellow ; abdomen and legs yel 

 lowish white. Body and legs sparsely covered with grayish hairs ; no 

 spines. Cephalothorax one-fourth longer than broad, dorsum high and 

 arched, the highest point at the middle region, from where it evenly 

 slopes to both margins ; p. cephal. two-thirds the whole length. An 

 terior eyes about their diameter away from the margin of clypeus. The 

 six eyes surrounded by black pigment, which fills out the interspaces be 

 tween them ; the four middle eyes form a quadrangle, which is higher 

 than broad and slightly broader in front. The front eyes are nearer to 

 the lateral than the latter to the posterior eyes. 



The male is smaller than the female, but resembles it in all 

 other respects. The patellar and tibial joints of the palpi are 

 together shorter than the femoral joint, and the spoon-shaped 

 tarsus is a little longer than the two preceding joints combined. 



Several specimens of both sexes from the District of Colum 

 bia, Long Island, N. Y., New Hampshire and Tennessee. 



Prodalia, nov. genus. 



Cephalothorax longer than broad, anteriorly half as broad as in the 

 middle region ; p. cephal. prominent, high and rounded ; clypeus trun 

 cate ; no median fissure. 



Eyes 8 in two rows, anterior row close to the margin of the clypeus, 

 straight, shorter than the posterior ; A. M. E. very small, much smaller 

 than the obliquely set A. i,. E. ; the distance between them equals their 

 diameter ; distance between A. M. E. and A. L. E. smaller. Posterior row 

 strongly procurved, so that the p. I,. E. are contiguous to the A. I,. E., 

 while the p. M. E. are at least the length of their diameter apart from 

 the A. M. E. Distance between the p. M. E. greater than that between 

 them and the p. i,. E. 



