Spiders and Their Near Relatives 



yellowish with the dorsum of the abdomen rather darker. The 

 eye-tubercle is low, rounded, close to the anterior margin, but bears 

 no eyes. Length of body less than one twelfth inch. The species 

 was described from specimens taken in Alabaster Cave, California. 



Scotolcmon jlavescens (S. flav'es-cens). — Body broad and stout 

 uniformly straw-yellow, including the appendages. The eye- 

 tubercle is large and high; the eyes are distinct, black, and situated 

 near the base of the conical tubercle. Pedipalps less than twice 

 as long as the body, but nearly twice as long as the cephalothorax. 

 Length of body one eighth inch. This is a cave species found in 

 Kentucky, Indiana, and Virginia. 



Scotolemon brunnea (S. brun'ne-a). — Body yellowish brown, 

 shield of abdomen mottled with irregular blackish markings, 

 posterior margins of ventral segments, and of the last few dorsal 

 segments margined with black. Eye-tubercle large, but blunt, 

 and not far from the anterior margin of the carapace. Length 

 of body one twelfth inch. 



This species occurs in North Carolina; it was found by sifting 

 damp leaves in the woods. 



Genus SCLEROBUNUS (Scler-o-bu'nus) 



The posterior tarsi are armed with a single claw but it is a 



compound one, there being a spur or branch-claw on each side 



toward the base. The palpi are not as long as the body. The 



eyes are present. Two species have been found in the West. 



These can be separated by difference in colour. 



A. Colour red, tips of legs black. Sderobunus robustus 



AA. Colour brown, tips of legs yellowish. Sderobunus brunneus 



Sderobunus robustus (S. ro-bus'tus). — The colour of the bod 

 is deep reddish, with the hinder segments finely bordered with 

 brown. Body pyriform, two thirds as broad as long. Length 

 of body one seventh inch. 



Sderobunus brunneus (S. brun'ne-us). — The colour of the 



body is brown, paler on the cephalothorax; legs brown, a little 



darker than the body, their tips yellow. The dorsum and legs 



have many little tubercles, each tipped with a stiff hair or bristle. 



1 he legs are very short. Length of body one twelfth inch. 



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