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26. Attus niger. 

 PI. 8, fig. 19. 



Description. Deep black ; legs pale testaceous, 4. 1. 3. 2. 

 Observations. This small species is remarkable on account 

 of its activity in running and leaping. 

 Habitat. North Carolina. 

 [PI. 18. fig. 4, eyes. Taken in July. Supplement.] 



27. Attus? gracilis. 

 PI. 8, fig. 20. 



Description. Rufous ; cephalothorax very prominent ante- 

 riorly, wider behind the middle ; abdomen narrower, slender, 

 fusiform, nipples long; feet long and slender, 4. 1. 3. 2. 



Observations. This cannot be Synemosyna scorpionia ; but 

 may ultimately be referred to that division. 



Habitat. Alabama. August. 



[PI. 18, fig. 57, eyes ; fig. 107, tropin. Supplement.'] 



' Tribe IV. Metatoki^e. Legs subequal in thickness, the 

 fourth longest, then the third. 



28. Attus leopardus. 

 PI. 8, fig. 21. 



Description. Cephalothorax black, rufous about the eyes, 

 [360] with a curved white line each side ; abdomen with two 

 opposed lenticular black bands surrounded with white, pale 

 gray underneath, with two sub-obsolete longitudinal, whitish 

 lines ; feet rufous with many black rings, 4. 3. 2. 1. 



Observations. This spider is common. The female is often 

 found under stones with its cocoon, which is white. 



Habitat. Alabama. May. 



[¥, length 9.2 mm.; cephalothoraix 3.7 mm.; legs 4.5, 4.5, 5.8, 7.5. 



One specimen from Mt. Tom, Holyoke, Mass. 



Marietta, O., d ? ; Rushville, 0., ?. Win. Hoklen. J. n. E.] 



