THE DRASSID/E 







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are light yellow brown, with gray hairs and scales which on 



the abdomen have green and red metallic reflections. The 



legs are darker from before backward, 



the front pair all light yellow except 



the femur, and the third and fourth 



pairs with longitudinal brown stripes 



that nearly cover the tarsal joints. The 



abdomen has a pair of transverse white 



stripes near the constricted part and 



another pair less distinct at the front 



end. The under side is as dark as the 



upper. The white markings extend underneath 



halfway to the middle line. The maxillae are neai 



straight on the outer edge and a little widened 



toward each other at the ends. The labium is 



narrowed at the end and a little longer thai 



wide (fig. 26). 



There is an orange-colored Micaria from Long 

 Island, N.Y., and farther south (probably what 

 described by Hentz under the name Herpyllus 

 aiiratus), that seems to belong to this species 

 (fig. 27). Its size and markings are the same, and 

 the epigynum is like that of longipes. The cepha- 

 lothorax, abdomen, and femora of all the legs are 

 bright orange color, with brilliant yellow and 

 green reflections. The spinnerets are FiGs.25,26,27,28. Micaria 



longipes. — 28, Male en- 

 larged four times. 25, eyes 

 seen from in front. 26, 

 maxilla;, labium, and ends 

 of mandibles from below. 

 27, Southern variety, Mi- 

 caria aurata. Colored 

 orange, with black and 

 white markings. 



black, and there are five or six transverse 

 black marks on the hinder half of the 

 abdomen and some irregular black spots 

 around the white bands. 



Phrurolithus alarius. — A small and very 

 active spider marked with gray and white 

 and having on the abdomen iridescent green scales (fig. 31) 



