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a slender point in front, behind is a transverse area pointed in from, and 

 in front are two dark spots connected to the posterior area by a reddish 

 line. Taken from graves, Washington, D. C. (Dr. Motter.) 

 Nesticus cavicola, n. sp. 



Length (?, 1.5 mm. Wholly pale whitish, clothed with long bristly 

 hairs. Cephalothorax rather short and broad ; six eyes, sub-equal in 

 size, A. M. E. not visible ; posterior row nearly straight, the P. M. E. 

 farther apart than from the P. S. E.; S. E. touching ; sternum broad, 

 sides rounded ; legs long, all femora longer than the cephalothorax, hairs 

 on legs longer than the diameter of the joints ; abdomen pointed behind, 

 one and a half times longer than broad. Femur of male palpus rather 

 long, palpal organ large, a projection of tibia broadest near tip and bifid, 

 one branch is cleft ; the style is long, curved around tip of bulb, from 

 the tip of bulb there projects outward a pointed spine, and below is 

 another projection tipped with a short black hook. From a cave, 

 Chiricahua Mts. (Wood Canon), Ariz., June, 1897. (H. E. Hubbard.) 

 Erigone albescens^ n. sp. 



Length $ , 1.8 mm. Cephalothorax, legs, mandibles, and sternum 

 uniform yellowish, abdomen uniform whitish gray ; eyes on black spots. 

 Head rather elevated ; posterior eye-row procurved, the P. M. E. about 

 as far from each other as from the equal P, S. E.; A. M. E. small, and 

 close together. Mandibles of moderate size, vertical, armed along their 

 lower front margin with several teeth, and behind with a row of denticles, 

 sternum broad, sides rounded, blunt pointed behind ; legs of moderate 

 length, with many hairs and a few spines, one above on tibia IV. ; 

 abdomen oviform, clothed with scattered stiff hairs, which arise from 

 minute yellowish dots ; epigynum shows two curved dark lines approach- 

 ing each other from behind, and a darkish spot outwards from their tips. 

 From the inside of coffins in graves opened during the transfer of a 

 cemetery, Washington, D. C. (Dr. Motter.) 

 Philodromics pacificus^ n. sp. 



Length $ , 4.1 mm. Cephalothorax yellowish, darkest on the sides, 

 which are densely mottled and lineate with red-brown, a white v mark 

 on the middle with its apex near the dorsal groove, dorsum of abdomen 

 white, showing two basal pairs of yellowish muscular spots, sides of 

 abdomen broadly suffused with red-brown from base to tip, venter 

 whitish ; femora, patella, and tibiae pale reddish brown above^ lighter 

 below, distal joints yellowish. Sternum light yellowish, the body is full, 



