Spiders and Their Near Relatives 



K. Abdomen tapering behind, dorsum 



golden, base of femora not black, 



trochanters dark brown, species of 



moderate size. Occurs in New 



York. Leiobunum verrucosum 



KK. Abdomen rather short and broad, 



legs very long, small species. 



L. Dorsum and trochanters light 



brown, bases of femora not black. 



Occurs in the Southern States. 



Leiobunum bicolor 



LL. Dorsum yellowish, trochanters and 



bases of femora black. Occurs in 



Alabama. Leiobunum speciosum 



HI I. Trochanters pale, concolorous with the 



coxae. 



1. Body short and broad, femur of the last 



pair of legs often black at base, small 



species. Occurs in the Eastern States. 



Leiobunum politum 



II. Body tapering behind, femur of the 



fourth legs not black at base, larger 



species. 



J . Extremely spinose beneath, an impressed 



line on the last ventral segment, large 



species. Occurs in the Southern 



States. Leiobunum flavum 



J J. Moderately spinose, rather granulate, 



no impressed line, species of moderate 



size. Occurs in the Eastern States. 



Leiobunum ventricosum 



Genus HADROBUNUS (Had-ro-bu'nus) 



The body is large; the legs are moderately slender, the femur 

 of the first legs is much shorter than the body, in the female 

 shorter than the width of the body, there are several false articula- 

 tions in the metatarsus of the first legs; the eyes are of normal size, 

 the eye-tubercle is of moderate size and with a few denticles above; 

 there are no spines on the anterior margin of the cephalothorax; 

 the pedipalps are without spines, and with the last segment 



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