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a curve with the external ones of the first row and leaving a 

 space above ; external ones sub-oval, two middle ones round 

 and black, maxillae triangular, wide at base, pointed at tip ; 

 cheliceres very large, fangs long and bent; feet 4, i, 2,3." 

 Of the species he said : ' ' Rufous ; abdomen deeper above, venter 

 pale, four nipples ; feet 4, i, 2, 3. Alabama, in dark cellars." 

 Although the sub-genus, as he called it, is placed between 

 Cyllopodia [Hyptiotes] and Epeira, he states under the head of 

 "Observations" that this new sub-genus shows some of the 

 characters of Clubiona and of Theridion" 



Last summer I obtained some immature specimens of this 

 spider. I first noticed one walking slowly over a shelf in a 

 dark corner of the room. Specimens were afterward found 

 between sheets of paper in a drawer, the latter had somewhat 

 of a tubular web or mesh of threads. On examining the speci 

 mens one sees various peculiar structures, most, however, of 

 but little importance. The color of none of my specimens is 

 as red as Hentz describes ; the abdomen is yellowish with 

 some faint scattered silvery patches. 



The cephalothorax and mandibles are yellow, the A. M. E. are 

 black, and the fang of the mandible is red. The abdomen is 

 covered with short hairs. The legs are whitish. There are 

 five peculiar points to notice : ist The eyes ; these are eight, 

 four in a nearly straight line in front, the M. E. largest ; behind 

 the A. S. E., on each side, are two other eyes, the anterior one 

 elliptical, the posterior one oval. The four front eyes are all 

 round. On each side of the clypeal margin are four stiff 

 bristles. 2d The maxillae ; these are long and tapering, with 

 the exterior border concave in the middle. 3d The mandibles ; 

 these are very large, diverging, and furnished with a very long 

 fang. 4th The legs; these are furnished with four kinds of 

 hairs ; first, spines ; second, bristles ; third, short hairs ; fourth, 

 very long slender hairs ; the latter I have never seen in any 

 other spider. The claws are two and without teeth, but just 

 under them is a very dense scopula. One will at once notice 

 the length of the various joints of the legs. The trochanter is 

 longer than usual, especially the hind pair. The patellae are 

 also longer than usual. The other joints are more nearly equal 

 than in most spiders. The first pair of legs is somewhat 

 stouter than the other pairs. The anterior pair of coxae is 

 much longer than the other pairs. 5th The spinnerets ; the 

 the upper and lower pairs are large, the lower short, truncated, 

 with long tubes. The lip is short, the sternum quite broad. 

 As to its position, Simon has placed the group in the Drassidae, 

 and I think rightly ; but there are many important features 

 which ally it to the Dysderidae, particularly the shape of the 

 maxillae, the size of the mandibles, the length of the anterior 



