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large tooth in front. Tarsus of male palpus extending over the 

 tarsus half its length and pointed, with the point slightly turned 

 down. (Fig. 16, 1,2 and 3.) Tarsal hook simple. 



Mt. Whiteface. Adirondacks, N.Y., C. R. Crosby. One 

 specimen. 



Microneta clavata, n. sp. 



2 mm. long, pale yellowish. Both sexes of the same size. 

 The male palpi are small and coloured like the legs. The tibia 

 is thickened toward the end, where it is as wide as long. The 

 tarsal hook is simple in form, the basal half straight, following the 

 edge of the tibia and the terminal half curved in a half circle 

 (Fig. 17, 3.) The epigynum is large, with a smooth, rounded end 

 extending backward, turned a little way from the surface of the 

 abdomen. (Fig. 17, 4.) 



Wilmington Notch, Adirondacks, N.Y. C. R. Crosby. 



Microneta pallida, n. sp. 



A little over 2 mm. long and pale, without any markings. 

 The abdomen is slightly thickened in front and pointed behind. 

 The front of the head extends a little forward beyond the mandi- 

 bles. The m.andibles are thickened at the base and have a few 



Fig. 17. — Microneta pallida. — 1, outer side of male palpus; 2. profile of head and mandibles, 

 Microneta clavita. — 3, male palpus; 4 epigynum. 



stiff hairs on the front as in angnlata and formica. (Fig. 17,2.) The 

 male palpi have the tibia thickened in the middle and the end ex- 

 tended on the upper side over the tarsus. (Fig. 17, 1.) The tarsal 

 hook is wide and flat as in angnlata. The tarsus has on the upper 



