Superfamily Argiopoidea 



angulate on the outside (Fig. 659), and not depressed in the middle; 

 the tarsi of the anterior legs are not unusually long; and the ster- 

 num is distinctly margined. 



Only two genera are represented in our fauna. 



TABLE OF GENERA OF THE CORINNINy€ 



A. Posterior row of eyes strongly recurved. P. 581. Trachelas 

 AA. Posterior row of eyes straight. P. 582. Meriola 



Genus TRACHELAS (Tra-che'Ias) 



In this genus the legs are not armed with spines or with 

 only a few under the tibia of the first pair, and the posterior 

 row of eyes is strongly recurved. Only two species have been 



. 



FiR. 6sq. 

 PEDIPALP OF TRACHELAS 



Fig. 660. 

 TRACHELAS TRANQUILLA. FEMALE 



found in our fauna; one of these, T. californica, is known only 

 from California; the following one is common and widely dis- 

 tributed. 



Trachelas tranquilla (T. tran-quil'la).— The male measures 

 one fifth inch <>r more in length: the female about two fifths 

 inch. The cephalothorax and chelicerae are dark brown in colour; 

 the abdomen is light yellow without markings, except that the 



581 



