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Genus Cyllopodia. Mihi. 



Characters. Cheliceres small; maxilla; short, inclined over 

 the lip; lip wider than long, triangular; eyes six, sub-equal, 

 two very small, placed near together in the middle, two larger far 

 apart placed above, and two placed each on a tubercle on the side ; 

 feet, fourth pair longest, then the first, the third shortest. 



Habits. Araneides sedentary, making a cocoon. 



Remarks. This anomalous spider appears to be related to 

 Epeira. I found it in the attitude of one, suspended from a 

 thread or web which I would hare examined carefully, had I 

 not taken it as a new species of that sub-genus. It has cer- 

 tainly six eyes only ; its cephalothorax is flattened in the mid- 

 dle, being deeply excavated behind ; the last joint of its palpi 

 are terminated with a small nail ; its abdomen is gibbous and 

 rugose, covering anteriorly a great part of the cephalothorax, 

 with four mammulae and a cauda ; the two anterior pair of legs 

 are directed forward, and the other two in the opposite direc- 

 tion, so that the sternum has a vacant place in the middle. 



The tropin are nearly those of Epeira, but approach The- 

 ridium. > The cheliceres are very small, but capable of recip- 

 rocal motion. 



Cyllopodia cavata. 

 PI. 12, fig. 3. 



Description. Piceous ; cephalothorax deeply excavated at 

 base for the reception of the abdomen ; abdomen varied with 

 white dots and lines, five tubercles covered with tufts of scales 

 on each side above, the second from the base hornlike ; feet, 

 4. 1. 2. 3. two anterior pair directed forward, the other two 

 turned backward, leaving a vacant space on the sternum. 



Observations. This was found on a twig near an Epeira. 



Habitat. Alabama, October. 



[PL 18, fig. 80, eyes. Supplement.~\ 



[?, length 8.9 mm. ; cephalothorax 3.1 mm.; legs 3, 2.4, 2, 3.3. 

 PI. 20, fig. 21, d 1 , V. Palpus of d and a bind tarsus of ? showing cala- 

 mistrum. 



