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separate elevations : feet, first pair longest, then the second, then 

 the third, the fourth being the shortest. 



Habits. Araneides wandering after prey, making no web, 

 cocoon. [198.J 



Remarks. The singular spider which serves as the type of 

 this new subgenus, could not with propriety remain in the 

 subgenus Attus, in which the position of the eyes is subject to 

 very slight variations. Its habits are analogous. This is the 

 only spider in which the legs diminish in length from the first 

 pair to the fourth. 



This subdivision will serve as link between Oxyopes and 

 Attus. 



Lyssomanes viridis. 

 PI. 7, fig. 3. 



Description. Tender grass-green ; cephalothorax with some 

 orange-colored hairs near the eyes, and a little black line on its 

 disk ; abdomen with six or eight black dots, sometimes wanting 

 The two lowest large eyes are black, but appear green when 

 seen sideways ; the other six eyes stand on four tubercles. 

 Feet hairy, except the thighs, which are bare. 1. 'A. 3. 4. 



Observations. This elegant species is very active, and appar- 

 ently fearless, jumping on the hand that threatens it. 



Habitat. North and South Carolina. 



[PI. 18, fig. 91, tropin, wanting the palpus. Taken in April 

 and June. Supplement.] 



Genus Attus. Walck. (Salticus, Latr.) 



Characters. Cheliceres strong, not long, except in some males ; 

 mazillce parallel, widening above the insertion of the palpi, cut 

 obliquely above the lip; lip as long as, or longer than, half the 

 length of the maxilla*, ividest above the base, bluntly truncated at 

 tip ;. eyes eight, unequal, in three rows, the first composed of four 



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