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Herpyllus vasifer (Walckenaer). 



Drassus vasifer Walckenaer, Tabl. Aran., 1805, p. 46; Ins. Apt., 1837, I, 



p. 620; Blackwall, Ann. Mag. N. H., 1871, ser. 4, 8, p. 434. 

 Herpyllus ecdesiasticus Hentz, Amer. Jour. Sci. and Arts, 1832, 21, p. 102; 



Spiders U. S., 1875, p. 90, pi. II, f . 2. 

 Prosthesima bimaculata Keyserling, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien^ 1887, 



p. 433, f. 9. 

 Prosthesima ecclesiastica Emerton, Trans. Conn. Acad., 1889, 8, p. 173, pi. 



3, f. 7; Common Spiders, 1902, p. 5, f. 17-18. 

 Herpyllus vasifer Simon, Hist. Nat. Araign., I, 1893, p. 373; Comstock, 



Spider Book 1912, p. 318, f. 308. 



Distribution. — Canada and the entire U. S. westward as far as Colorado. 

 Specimens recorded imder this name from the Pacific Coast are probably 

 referable to the following species, H. propinquus (Keyserling). 



Herpyllus propinquus (Keyserling). 



Prosthesima propinqua Keyserling, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1887, p. 



430, f. 7. 

 Herpyllus calif ornicus Banks, Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc, 1904, p. 110. 



Holotype.—M. C. Z. 675 ( 9 )• 



Distribution. — California: Santa Barbara (type loc), Claremont, Lake- 

 side, Gayton, etc.; Oregon; Utah. 



Keyserhng's original description covered two species, a specimen from 

 Cambridge belonging to H. vasifer (Walck.) and one from Santa Barbara, 

 indicated in the M. C. Z. collection as type, representing the present 

 species. 



Herpyllus scholasticus, sp. nov. 



Male. — Cephalothorax, legs, and scutum of abdomen light brown, the 

 abdomen elsewhere grey excepting the sides, which are darker. Posterior 

 median eyes a little less than their diameter from each other, a little farther 

 from the laterals. Tibia I with a single apical spine beneath; II with a 

 submedian spine and a pair at apex; III and IV with no median dorsal spine. 

 Metatarsus I and II with a pair of spines. Tibial apophysis of palpus as 

 long as tibia, slender, bent upward at end, tip simple, nearly as in H. 

 cockerelli. 



Length, 8 mm.; cephalothorax, 3.5 mm.; tib.-|-pat. IV, 3.6 mm. 



Female. — Septum of epigynum very slender anteriorly, widely clavate or 

 cuneate behind. 



Holotype.—M. C. Z. 618 ( 9 )• 



Locality. — Cal. : Stanford. 



Herpyllus voluntarius (Chamberlin). 



Scotophaeus voluntarius (Chamberlin), Jour. Ent. and Zool., 1919, 12, p. 5, 

 pi. 2, f. 5. 



Holotype.—M. C. Z. 361 ( 9 )• 

 Locality. — Cal.: Claremont. 



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