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middle, eye-region one and one-half times as wide as long, equally wide in 

 front and behind ; the A. M. E. large, nearly touching, the eyes of second 

 row a little nearer to A. S. E. than to dorsal eyes. Mandibles small and 

 weak ; sternum narrow; anterior cox?e separated by more than width of 

 labium ; leg I. barely longer than leg IV.; femora, patella, and tibia 

 enlarged ; metatarsus IV. spined only at tip. Palpi short, the tarsus 

 truncate at tip, tibia with a short straight-pointed projection on outside, 

 lower part of palpal organ very much swollen, almost pointed, upper part 

 short, tube short, bent upon itself A male; near Livermore, Colo. 

 (C. F. Baker.) 



Jcius ininutus, nov. sp. 



Length, 2.5 mm.; ceph., i.i mm. long, .75 wide. Cephalothorax 

 red-brown, eye-region black, abdomen dark gray, with a few narrow light 

 chevrons on the posterior part ; legs white, annulate with black, the femora 

 partly suffused with fuscous, sternum dark gray, venter pale, a median and 

 two broader lateral gray stripes, palpi white, distal joints a little enlarged, 

 mandibles yellowish. Cephalothorax widest behind the middle, eye-region 

 a trifle narrower behind than in front, legs short, fourth pair wanting, third 

 as long as the first, second shorter, anterior coxte separated by more than 

 width of labium. Abdomen one and one-half times as long as the cephalo- 

 thorax. A quite prominent bristle arising from between anterior median 

 eyes. The epigynum has, in the posterior portion, two very large 

 contiguous circular depressions ; and two very much smaller holes, 

 slightly separated, in the anterior portion. One female; Olympia, Wash- 

 ington (T. Kincaid). 



Icitis floridanus, nov. sp. 



Length, 3 mm. Cephalothorax dark yellow-brown, darker in eye- 

 region, clothed with yellowish or golden scales, especially near eyes; 

 mandibles yellowish ; sternum blackish. Legs pale yellowish with a black 

 stripe on anterior and one on posterior sides of patella, tibia and meta- 

 tarsus, anterior femur blackish, rest of anterior leg reddish, with the usual 

 black stripes. Abdomen black, with a band of white scales at base, above 

 with dark, somewhat coppery scales, below with white hairs. Cephalo- 

 thorax quite short and broad, sides but little rounded, low and nearly flat, 

 eye-region nearly twice as wide as long, a little wider behind than in front; 

 eyes of second row closer to lateral than to dorsal eyes. Mandibles quite 

 large, with a black tooth behind fang : sternum short, triangular ; anterior 



