Chamberlin — North American Spiders of Gnaphosidae, 159 



The genus is here used in a restricted sense on characters partially indi- 

 cated in the key. 



Drassodes neglectus (Keyserling). 

 Drassus neglectus Keyserling, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1887, 37, p. 434, 



f. 10. 

 Drassus saccatus Emerton, Trans. Conn. Acad., 1889, 8, p. 178, pi. 4, f. 7; 



Common Spiders, 1902, p. 6, f. 19. 

 Drassus inornatus Banks, Ann. N. Y. Acad., 1895, 8, p. 420. 



Holotype.—M. C. Z. mS (9)- 



Distribution. — "U. S." (type loc): New England and North Central 

 States and westward to Colorado and Utah; Canada. 



Drassodes celes Chamberlin. 

 Jour. Ent. and Zool., 1919 (Adv. reprint), and 1920, 12, p. 5, pi. 2, f. 2. 



Holotype.—M. C. Z. 360 ( 9 )• 



Distribution. — California: Claremont (type loc); Arizona. 



Drassodes robinsoni Chamberlin. 

 Ann. Ent. Soc. America, 1919, 12, p. 245, pi. 16, f. 2. 



Holotype.—M. C. Z. 418 ( 9 )■ 

 Locality . — Utah : Fillmore . 



Geodrassus, gen. nov. 



It may be noted that the tibia of the male palpus, while clearly longer 

 than the patella, is only as long as, or but little longer than the tarsus, its 

 apophysis inconspicuous. Bulb of palpus with a small terminal apophysis 

 near conductor. 



Genotype. — G. gosiutus (Chamberlin). 



Geodrassus gosiutus (Chamberlin). 

 Drassodes gosiutus Chamberlin, Ann. Ent. Soc. Am., 1919, 12, p. 245, pi. 16, 

 f. 3. 



Holotype.—M.C.Z.S89i<f)- 

 Locality . — Utah : Fillmore . 



Geodrassus phanus, sp. nov. 



Female. — Carapace and legs light brown. Abdomen brownish grey 

 above, clearer grey below. Posterior median eyes angular and oblique, 

 about their radius from each other, and once and a half their long diameter 

 from the laterals. Laterals about five-sevenths their diameter apart. 

 Tib. I and II with a single spine beneath. 



Length, 9 mm.; cephalothorax, 4.38 mm.; tib. -|- pat. IV, 4 mm. 



Holotype.—M. C. Z. 575 ( 9 )• 



Locality.—^. Y.: Sea Cliff. 



May be distinguished from auriculoides in having lateral eyes nearer each 

 other, the shorter tib. + pat. IV, and proportions and details of epigynum. 



