Spiders and Their Near Relatives 



and contracted. The body measures about one fifth inch in 

 length. This species is found in New England: and is abundant 

 in New York. 



Genus HOMOLOPHUS (Ho-mol'o-phus) 



There are quite prominent spines upon the cephalothorax 

 and eye-tubercle and transverse rows of them on the abdomen. 

 The legs are thicker than usual, the anterior femora being much 

 thicker than the eye-tubercle is wide. There are two prominent 

 supracheliceral teeth. 



Homolophus biceps (H. bi'ceps). — The dorsum is pale 

 brownish with a great many small white spots and darker brown 

 punctures; eye-tubercle with a broad white stripe above; and there 

 is a bifid white stripe from the eye-tubercle to the anterior margin ; 

 venter, sternum, and coxae whitish; spiracles and some spots 

 on the venter brown. The male measures one sixth inch in length; 

 the female, one fifth. Occurs from Colorado to Washington 

 State. 



Genus GLOB I PES (Glob'i-pes) 



The principal character of this genus is the enlarged femora 

 and tibiae of the first and third pairs of legs; the eye-tubercle is 

 low and with a few spines; the legs are short; but the femur of 

 the second legs is longer than the body and more than twice as 

 long as the femur of the first legs. There are no false articulations 

 in the metatarsus of the first legs. The palpi are normal. A 

 single species has been described. 



Globipes spinulatus (G. spin-u-la'tus).— - The colour of the 

 body is brown or reddish brown, tip of abdomen more gray, 

 dorsum somewhat mot lied with brown. The female has two 

 median white spots near the tip of the abdomen. Length of body 

 one seventh inch. Occurs in California. 



Genus LEPTOBUNUS (Lep-to-bu'nus) 



The legs are short, with the segments but little thickened: 

 the femur of the first legs is much shorter than the body; frequently 

 the femur of the second legs is not as long as the body. The 

 eye-tubercle is narrow and is usually smooth. Two western 

 species have been described. 



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