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long as the cephalothorax and extend forward horizontally, the 

 maxillae are longer, and the first pair of legs have the patella and 

 tibia one and a half times as long as the femur. The female is 

 longer in proportion to its 

 width than in cestivalis and 

 has the front legs stouter. 

 The epigynum has two small 

 anterior openings directed for- 

 ward instead of toward each 

 other, as in cestivalis. This 

 and the next species live on 

 low bushes all summer. 



Icius mitratus. — This species 

 closely resembles Icius palma- 

 runty differing mainly in color. 

 The legs are all white in both figs. 150, 151. icius elegans.— 150, female. 



151, male. Both enlarged six times. 



sexes, and the mandibles of the 



male are white and not long and horizontal, as in palmarum. 

 The females resemble palmarum so closely that it is difficult 

 to tell them apart. The cephalothorax is a trifle wider, and 

 the abdomen narrower, and the front legs longer than in 

 palmarum. The general color is whiter, and the spots on the 

 abdomen are more distinct, as in fig. 148. The male has the 

 legs white or a little greenish, with long white hairs, those on 

 the front legs longer than the diameter of the legs. The rest 

 of the body is white, except a light brown stripe in the middle 

 of the cephalothorax and abdomen, covered with light yellow 

 hairs, through which three or four dark spots show indistinctly 

 on the abdomen (fig. 149). When fighting with other males, 

 or when approaching the female, the hairy front legs are 

 straightened and extended sidewise. 



Icius elegans. — A little bronze green spider, from a sixth to 

 a quarter of an inch long. The cephalothorax is two-thirds 



