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ABACHNIDA 



Fig. 672 



Tmarus caudatus 



(Emerton). 



1. Tmarus Simon. Front of head truncate; binder row of eyes 



much h)nuer than the forward; Literal eye on each side being raised on 



tubercles, the hinder tubercle on each side being much larger than the 



forward one; abdomen high and pointed behind: 5 American species. 



T. caudatus (Hentz) (Fig. 672). Length 6 mm.; color mottled 



gray; abdomen highest at hinder end, which forms 



a conical knob: on trees and fences; common. 



2. MisuMENA Latreille. Large, brightly colored 



or white spiders living in flowers, the colors of 



which they often mimic; the 2 lateral eyes on each 



side on a single tubercle : about 20 American species. 



M. vatia Thorell. Length 12 mm.; color white 



or yellow, sometimes with a crimson spot on each 



side of the abdomen and another between the eyes; 



sides of thorax yellowish : common. 



M. asperata (Hentz). Length 6 mm.; color pale yellow or white, 



with dull red markings on the abdomen and a brown stripe on each side 



of the thorax; scattered stiff hairs present; common. 



3. Xysticus Koch. Each lateral eye on a tu- 

 bercle, the forward one being the larger; median ocular 

 area as wide or wider in front than behind: 40 Ameri- 

 can species, which live under bark, stones, and leaves. 



X. triguttatus Keyserling. Length 5 mm. ; females 

 straw-colored or yellow, with black spots on the 

 thorax and front of the abdomen and 3 broken trans- 

 verse stripes behind; male with a thorax which is dark 

 brown at the sides and lighter in the middle, and an 

 abdomen banded with black and white: very common 

 in grass and low bushes. 



X. versicolor (Keyserling) (Fig. 673). Length 7 

 mm.; body flattened, mottled black and gray in color: 

 common on trees, fences, etc. 



4. Philodromtts Walckenaer. Abdomen bluntly 

 pointed behind and flat; legs long, the second pair 

 being the longest; labium much longer than wide: 24 

 American species. 



P. vulgaris (Hentz) (Fig. 674). Lengih 6 mm. 

 spreading an inch or more; color mottled gray with a median marking 

 on the abdomen: on fences and walls. 



5. Ebo Keyserling. Labium not longer than wide; second pair of 

 legs twice as long as any of the others; median eyes larger than the 

 lateral ones; hinder row nearly straight: 3 American species. 



Fig. 673 



Fig. 674 



Fig. 673 — Xys- 

 ticus versicolor 

 (Emerton). Fig. 

 674 — Philodro- 

 mus vulgaris 

 (Emerton). 



legs very long, 



