Order Araneida 



spines; the short spines are curved and the 

 members of each series are successively 

 longer and longer. Fig. 564, P. 518. 



Mimetid/e 



GG. The tibiae and metatarsi of the first two pairs 



of legs not armed as in the Mimetidae. 



H. The tarsi of the fourth pair of legs armed on 



the inside with a series of from six to ten 



strong, curved setae arranged in a single 



series and diminishing in length toward 



the tip of the tarsus, Fig. 323, P. 330. 



Theridiid/e 



HH. Tarsi not armed as in the Theridiidae. 



1. Tips of endites contiguous. 



J. Anterior median eyes greatly reduced in 



size and isolated. P. 325. Pholcid/e 



JJ. Anterior median eyes not much reduced 



and not isolated. (Adult males.) P. 289 



Filistatid/e 

 II. Tips of endites not contiguous. 



J . Lateral condyle of the chelicerae present. 

 K. Hind spinnerets very long. P. 582. 



Agelenid/e 



KK. Hind spinnerets no longer than the 



fore spinnerets. (Adult males.) P. 274 



Dictynid/e 

 J J . I ,ateral condyle of the chelicerae wanting. 

 K. The tarsi of the fourth pair of legs 

 clothed beneath with numerous 

 serrated bristles, but not with a 

 single series of stout serrate spines 

 as in the Theridiidae. Orb-weaving 

 species. (Theridiosoma.) P. 400. 



Argiopid>e 

 KK. The tarsi of the fourth pair of legs 

 not clothed with serrated bristles. 

 Not orb-weavers. P. 3C8. 



LlNYPHIID.^E 



DDDD, With eight eyes and with only two spinnerets. 

 (l.utica.) P. 323. Zodariid/e 



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