Chamberlin — North American Spiders of Gnaphosidae. 165 



margin of furrow of chelicera with four teeth, the lower with one. Median 

 plate of epigynum with three processes behind of which the lateral ones 

 extend caudad beyond the median. 



Length, 7 mm.; cephalothorax, 2.9 mm.; tib. + pat. IV, 2.7 mm. 



Holotype.—M. C. Z. 615 ( 9 )• 



Locality. — Cal.: Stanford. 



Zelotes perditus, sp. nov. 



Female. — Carapace black or nearly so, the legs similar but lighter distally. 

 Sternum chestnut. Abdomen dark above, the median ventral region paler. 

 Posterior median eyes their radius apart and about two-thirds their diame- 

 ter from the laterals. Met. I unarmed, II with a pair of spines. Tib. I 

 and II unarmed. Upper margin of chelicera with four teeth, the lower 

 with one. Epigynum suggesting that of funestus but the median plate 

 with median process shorter and the lateral caudal angles not prolonged; 

 an angle between anterior chitinous pockets. 



Length, 7.7 mm.; cephalothorax, 3.3 mm.; tib. + pat. IV, 3 mm. 



Holotype.—M. C. Z. 641 ( 9 )• 



Locality. — California: Stanford. 



Zelotes funestus (Keyserling). 

 Prosthesima funesta Keyserling, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1887, 37, p. 

 431, pi. 6, f. 8. 

 Holotype.—M. C. Z. 642 ( 9 )• 

 Locality. — California. 



This species has been placed in synonymy with ater Hentz ( = subter- 

 reaneus C. K.) but is an obviously distinct species differing in epigynum and 

 other structural features. 



Zelotes paludis, sp. nov. 



Female. — Carapace and legs dusky. Abdomen black above, paler 

 beneath. Posterior row of eyes straight, the medians a little nearer to each 

 other than to laterals. Met. I and II with two pairs of spines. Tib. I 

 with three ventral spines; III and IV with median dorsal spine. Upper 

 margin of furrow of chelicera with four teeth, the lower with three. 



Length, 4 mm.; cephalothorax, 1.5 mm.; tib. + pat. IV, 1.62 mm. 



Holotype. — Cornell Univ. Coll. 



Locality. — Ga.: Okefenokee Swamp, Billy's Id. 



Zelotes adolescens, sp. nov. 



Male (immat.). — Carapace and sternum dusky chestnut, and the legs 

 nearly black excepting the tarsi. Eyes of posterior row equal and nearly 

 equidistant, the interval less than a diameter but more than a radius. Mt. 

 I and II with two pairs of spines beneath. Tib. I and II with a submedian 

 ventral spine; III and IV with no median dorsal spine. Upper margin of 

 furrow of chelicera with four teeth, the lower with two. 



Length, 5.6 mm.; cephalothorax, 2.3 mm.; tib. + pat. IV, 2.62 mm. 



Holotype. — M. C. Z. 644 (not quite adult cf )• 



Locality. — Cal. : Felton Big Trees. 



