Pecl'liam — Spiders of the Family /{ttidae, 327 



rubbed bare, but under alcohol, it shows on the anterior part, a 

 dark, diamond-shaped spot on a lighter background, and, further 

 back, three dark chevrons. The posterior part has three pairs 

 of black spots just at the edge of the white. The legs are 

 brown, darkest at the distal ends of the femoral joints. The 

 palpi and falces are brown, the falces projecting and diverging, 

 with two teeth on the lower margin. The maxillae are trunc- 

 ated, with a projection at the outer corner, and are a little more 

 than twice as long as the lip, which is about as long as wide. In 

 D. Mcmii, which is soni'ewhat like this species, the maxillae are 

 nearly three times as long as the lip. 

 We have one male from Arizona. 



.-^ Dendryphantes proxima, sp. noYr 



PI. XXYIII, figs. 3-3 a. 



Length, 6, 5 mm. ?, 5 mm. Legs, 6 1423, ? 4132, first 

 stoutest. 



The quadrangle of the eyes is one-fourth wider than long, oc- 

 cupies two-fifths of the cephalothorax, and is wider behind than 

 in front. The front row of eyes is bent, the middle close to- 

 gether, and nearly twice as large as the lateral, which are a little 

 separated from them. The coloration is ver}^ like that of 

 D. capitatus. In the male cephalothorax the upper surface is 

 covered with white hairs excepting a yellow patch in the middle,, 

 just above the front eyes. On the sides, the cephalic part is 

 covered with vhite hairs, which, on the thorax, narrow into 

 bands along the upper edge, not meeting behind. In capitatus 

 there are distinct white bands running back from the lateral 

 eyes. The abdomen has a white band high up on the front end 

 and sides, not continuous behind. Below this the brown color is 

 plainly visible. AVithin the white band is a less distinct black- 

 ish band, and, from both, there are projections rising toward 

 the middle, so that on the posterior part of the abdomen there 

 is a succession of white spots barred off with black, on each side. 

 In capitatus the white band runs low down on the sides, no 

 brown shovving beneath it. The clypeus is brown Avith a fringe 

 of white hairs. The falces are vertical and brown. The legs are 

 barred with light and dark, and have short white hairs. The 



