THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



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A NEW GENUS OF SPIDERS. 



BY THEO. H. SCHEFFER, A.M., MANHATTAN, KANS. 



Family Thomisidse : Subfamily Philodromin^. 

 Fhilodromoides, gen. nov. — Cephalothorax low, about as wide as 

 long ; head region much narrowed and slightly elevated. Abdomen fully 

 twice as long as wide, very little wider behind than at the base ; some- 

 what pointed at the end ; the base projects a short distance over the 

 cephalothorax, and is distinctly notched on the upper side. The sternum 

 and labium are about as in Philodroiims. All eyes approximately equal 

 in size j the anterior row much the shorter and slightly recurved ; median 

 eyes of this row farther from each other than from the side eyes. Posterior 

 row also recurved ; side eyes of this row on larger tubercles than any of 

 the others ; median eyes farther from each other than from the side eyes. 

 Ocular quadrangle considerably wider behind ; about as wide as long. 

 Clypeus wider than space between anterior median eyes, but not as wide 

 as space between posterior median eyes ; obliquely directed forward and 

 downward. Legs long and slender, the second pair longest, the third 

 shortest ; the relative lengths are, in their order, second pair, first pair, 

 fourth pair, third pair. The tibite of the first and second pairs are set 

 beneath with ten or twelve stout spines arranged in two rows, and the 

 metatarsi are similarly armed with half that number. Weaker spines 

 likewise occur on the other two pairs of legs and on the pedipalps. 



Fig. 8. 



