Superfamily Argiopoidea 



Emerton, who described this species, states that it lives 

 under leaves and in short grass and resembles a Lycosa in its 

 gait and general appearance. It was described from specimens 

 taken in the Eastern and Middle States. 



Agraca m inula (A. mi-nu'ta).— This is a small species 

 measuring less than one sixth inch in length. 'The epigynum 

 is divided by a slender median piece which is contracted in the 

 middle and expanded somewhat before the tip; the tip rests in a 

 short furrow; each side of the median piece is a curved reddish 

 body." "Easily separated from either of the other forms by 

 its small size, banded posterior legs, and peculiar epigynum." 

 (Banks.) 



This species was described from specimens taken under leaves 

 in a damp woods on Long Island, N. Y. 



Genus LIOCRANOIDES (Li-o-cra-noi'des) 



Both rows of eyes are recurved; and all of the eyes are nearly 

 equal in size; the anterior median eyes are farther from the lateral 

 eyes than from each other; the posterior eyes are nearly equi- 

 distant from each other; the clypeus is not wider than the anterior 

 median eyes. 



Only a single species is known; this is found in the Mammoth 

 Cave in Kentucky. 



Liocranoides unicolor (L. u-ni-co'lor).— - The female measures 

 a little more than one fifth inch in length. The cephalothorax 

 is light yellow and the abdomen light gray in colour. 



Genus 11II.KF. (llil'ke) 



The anterior row of eyes is slightly recurved; the posterior 

 row is nearly straight, slightly procurved. The anterior tibiae 

 are armed below with two or three pairs of spines, and the meta- 

 tarsi with two pairs. 



There is only a single known species; this occurs in Cali- 

 fornia. 



Hilke trivitiata (II. tri-vit-ta'ta).— -The female measures 

 nearly one third inch in length. The cephalothorax is dark 

 yellow. The abdomen is gray, with three light longitudinal 

 bands, which are more or less united behind. 



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