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£?, length 5.2 mm.; cephalothorax 2.G mm.; legs 8.6, 7.1, 6, 8.4. 

 cf, " 5.8 mm.; " 2.7 mm.; legs 9, 7.3, 5.7, 8.2. 



PL 21, fig. 16, palpus of cf. 



Salem, Mass., June 16, under a stone with web; Aug. 26, young; West 

 Roxbury, Mass., June 21, cf, F. G. Sanborn; Providence, R, I.; Xew 

 Haven, Conn. ; Indianapolis, Ind. J. H. F..] 



4. Theridion boreale. 

 PL 16, fig. 4. 



Description. Piceous ; abdomen with a whitish band ante- 

 riorly, connected with a longitudinal paler one, and with four 

 impressed dots, two more visible than the others. Palpi of 

 the male enormous, as in the plate ; feet 1. 4. 2. 3. 



Observations. This spider makes its web in darker places 

 than Th. vulyare, near a crack or crevice, in which it commonly 

 remains concealed. It also makes its web in the crevices of 

 decaying trees. It is not rare. 



Habitat. The United States. 



[The pale lines on the abdomen make an anchor-shaped 

 marking. Taken in Boston, Mass., and Alabama. Supple- 

 ment.'] 



[?, length 6.5 mm.; cephalothorax 2.5 mm. ; legs 9.5, 7.3, 5.7, 8.4. 

 cf, " 6 mm.; " 2.6 mm.; legs 10, 7.7, 6.2, 8.2. 



PI. 21, fig. 13, palpus of cf. 



Salem, Mass., cf and ? under leaves, and in houses in winter; Provi- 

 dence, R. I., May 21, cf and ? in copulation on a fence; May 24, large $ 

 under a stone, with an irregular web ; Eastport, Me.; Portland, Me. (Mer- 

 edith Village, N. H., $ ; Ann Arbor, Mich., cf, ?; Racine. Wise, cf, ?; 

 Ohio, cf, 9. Wm. Holden.) j. H. E.] 



5. Theridion studiosum. 

 PL 16, fig. 5. 



Description. Greenish brown ; abdomen above with two 

 scalloped yellowish lines, beneath with some yellow spots ; fret 

 with greenish rings; feet 1. 4. 2. 8. 



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