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It will probably be noted that the authorities cited for certain of the 

 species are not the same as those in the Check. List. The reasons for 

 these changes will be found in Mr. Leng's paper on the genus. Both 

 L. nana and L. exigua are included in the table, although I am not 

 sure that the latter occurs within our limits ; the former has been 

 recorded by Dr. Hamilton (Can. Ent., XXL, pp. 33 and 108). The 

 name zebra is replaced by nitens on the ground of priority ; sphcericoilis 

 has been preferred as the specific and ruficoUis as the varietal name, 

 following Mr. Leng. In all probability L. iacustris, Casey, described 

 from Michigan, will be found in Ontario. It differs by description from 

 sanguinea in the much stouter male antennae, and by the apices of the 

 elytra being narrowly and obliquely truncate, the truncation sinuate, the 

 angles, especially the exterior, very acute and prominent. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPIDERS. 



BY NATHAN BANKS, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Teminius affinis, n. sp. 



Length ? 13 mm.; ceph. 5 mm. long, 3.5 mm. wide ; patella plus 

 tibia IV. 6 mm. long. Cephalothorax redbrown, darkest around head j 

 mandibles dark red-brown ; legs and palpi yellow-brown, lighter at tips ; 

 sternum dark red-brown ; abdomen nearly black above, with faint indica- 

 tions of a light median streak, in the base of which is a black spear-mark; 

 venter dark gray ; spinnerets yellow. Posterior row of eyes straight, 

 "broader than anterior row ; P. M. E. round, separated by their diameter, 

 nearer to each other than to the larger P. S. E.; A. M. E. about half 

 their diameter apart, and slightly nearer to the A. S. E. than to each 

 other. Legs quite long, no spines above or below on tibia I., and none 

 above on tibia IV.; thick scopulas to all tarsi and metatarsi (except IV.). 

 Sternum broad ; the abdomen long and narrow ; the upper spinnerets 

 distinctly two-jointed and much longer than the lower pair, the second 

 joint more than twice as long as wide. The epigynum shows a rounded 

 cavity, slightly longer than broad, broader behind than in front, the 

 anterior portion paler than the rest ; there is a median septum which in 

 the fore part is narrow, but quite suddenly broadens at the middle and 

 then tapers to the broadly rounded tip. 



One specimen, Brazos Co., Texas. It differs from T. continentalis, 

 Keys, in the larger size, position of eyes, spines on legs, and shape of the 

 epigynum. 



