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THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



A FEW NEW SPIDERS. 



PA- NATHAN BANKS, SEA CLIFF, N. Y. 



Micaria gentilis, n. sp. ' 



Length, 3.6 mm.; ceph.: long, r.4 mm.; broad, i mm. Cephalo- 

 thorax, sternum, femora i. and ii., blackish; rest of legs i. and ii. ])ale 

 yellowish ; legs iii. and iv. yellow-brown, the femora scarcely darker ; 

 abdomen black above, with a narrow white band across the middle and a 

 white spot on each anterior lower side ; venter pale. Cephalothorax 

 broad, in $ a little narrower ; posterior row of eyes procurved.. the P. i\I. 

 E. oval, fully their diameter apart, and about as far from the P. S. E.; 

 anterior row strongly procurved, the A. M. E. fully their diameter apart, 

 and about as far from the larger A. S. E. Sternum oval, pointed 

 behind; legs of moderate length, femora i. and ii. stouter than others, 

 femora lii. slightly excised before the tip behind. Abdomen not 

 constricted, quite broad, somewhat' depressed, epigynum appearing much 

 like M. inontana, Em., but the openings are farther apart and more 

 oblique. Tibia of $ palpus has short projection at tip on the outer side ; 

 the bulb is triangular in side view, the red parallel marks are along the 

 outer edge ; n^ar the middle is a short tube. 



Several specimens from Franconia, N. H. [Mrs. Annie T. Slosson]. 

 Related to M. perfeda from Colorado, but larger and with a broader 

 sternum. 

 Sciiis inonianus, n. sp. 



Length, 2.1 mm.; ceph.: long, i mm.; broad, .6 mm. Jet black, 

 shining, almost coppery ; extreme tips of palpi, tips of maxillae, a spot on 

 each coxa and trochanter, and an elongate spot on the femur, pale ; the 

 tarsi infuscated ; pale dots on legs at origin of hairs. Cephalothorax 

 long, moderately low, nearly flat, sides almost parallel. Eye region one- 

 third broader than long, occupying not much over one-third of the 

 cephalothorax; a trifle broader in front than behind; eyes of second row 

 full as close to the dorsal eyes as to lateral eyes ; A. M. E. large, 

 distinctly separated, plainly farther from the S. E. Sternum one-fourth 

 longer than broad, broadest in middle, pointed behind, truncate in front ; 

 coxae i. separated by full width of lip ; legs short, fourth pair longest, 

 femora i. thicker than others ; only a icw indistinct spines, those on 

 riietatarsi iv. are at apex. Abdomen barely wider than cephalothorax and 

 but little longer, pointed behind. Body and legs clothed with scattered 

 black hairs. The ^ palpi short, the tibia with a short process on the 



