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44. Attus canonicus. 



PL 9, fig. 14. 



Description. Rufous, or deep orange; abdomen with a 

 longitudinal row of black dots, seven or eight on each side 

 above ; feet with black rings ; cephalothorax and anterior part 

 of the abdomen covered with dense yellowish rufous hair. 



Feet, 1. 4. 'A. 3. 



Observations. Found in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 



August. 



Habitat. Massachusetts. 



[PL 18, fig. 6, eyes. The jaws are very short. Supplement.'] 



45. Attus octavus. 



PI. 9, fig. 15. 



Description. Grayish brown ; abdomen above with eight 

 [366] large black clots, two green spots, and some white marks, 

 gray beneath ; feet rufous, 1. 4. 2. 3. 



Observations. This is a common species in the south. A 

 specimen was found with legs 4. 1. 3. 27, shorter, and with 

 blackish rings. Is it a different species ? It is not probable 

 that this can be referred to A. hebes. 

 Habitat. Alabama. July - August. 



Genus Epiblemum. Mihi. 



Characters. Cheliceres very long, slender, horizontal, in both 

 sexes, fang nearly as long ; maxilla? parallel, wide at base, nar- 

 rowed above the insertion of the palpi, cut obliquely on both 

 sides towards the point; lip conical; eyes eight, unequal, in 

 three rows, the first composed of four, the two middle ones some- 

 what larger, the second composed of two very small ones placed 

 nearer the third row, which is composed of two larger ones ; feet, 

 first pair longest, then the fourth, the third or second shortest. 



Habits. Araneides wandering after prey, making no web, 

 cocoon. 



