Superfamily Argiopoidea 



Drassinella lepidus (D. lep'i-dus). — The female measures 

 about one sixth inch in length. The cephalothorax is uniform 

 reddish in colour; the eyes are partly surrounded with black; the 

 ibdomen is pale grayish, with a central darker stripe which 

 ivers the whole of the tip of the abdomen and is expanded on 

 ach side somewhat before the middle to surround an impressed 

 dot; the legs, mouth-parts, and sternum are reddish, the latter 

 with a brownish edge; the venter is gray, darker near the tip. 

 The species was described by Mr. Banks from Shreveport, La. 



Drassinella modesta (D. mo-des'ta). — The female measures 

 a little less than one sixth inch in length. The cephalothorax 

 is dull yellowish brown; the abdomen is dark gray above, with 

 black hair, the venter gray. The abdomen is nearly twice as long 

 as broad, truncate at base, and pointed behind. The species 

 occurs on the Santa Catalina Island, Cal. 



Genus PCEC1LOCHROA (Pce-ci-loch'ro-a) 



The anterior eyes are close together, in a procurved or nearly 

 straight line, and with the median eyes more or less larger than the 

 lateral eyes. The posterior eyes form a long line distant from the 

 anterior eyes. The median ocular area is longer than wide, and 

 narrower in front than behind. The space between the lateral 

 eyes of each side is not at all narrower than that between anterior 

 median and posterior median eyes. 



Three species occur in our fauna, one in the East and two 

 in the West. 



Pcecilochroa montana (P. mon-ta'na). — The female is about 

 one third inch in length. The cephalothorax and legs are dark 

 brown. The abdomen is black with a pair of white spots near 

 the front end and another pair across the middle nearly united. 



The male measures about one fifth inch in length. The 

 cephalothorax is dark brown, covered with white hairs. The 

 abdomen is black with a narrow white band across the middle, a 

 wider white band across the front end, with a little black showing 

 in front of it, and a white band at the hinder end over the 

 spinnerets. 



This species was described by Mr. Emerton, from New Eng- 

 land. 



Pcecilochroa pacifica (P. pa-cif'i-ca). — The female measures 



315 



