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est near apex, where it is nearly as broad as femur, its posterior mar- 

 gin "with a loose fringe of whitish hairs. 



Abdomen not quite so long as thorax, with shallow reticulate sculp- 

 ture, the first tergite practically smooth ; hypopygium extending nearly 

 to apex of abdomen; ovipositor exserted about half the length of 

 abdomen. 



Male unknown. 



Type locality. — Arlington, Va. 



ri//?e.--U.S.N.M. No. 56655. 



Retnarl's. — Described from 27 females labeled as having been reared 

 in May 188i from eggs of '•'■E'peira globosa Keyserling," now called 

 Araneus j^egnia Walckenaer. 



13. ARACHNOPHAGA ABSTUUSA. new species 



Female. — T^ength 2.70 nun. Differs from feri^ginea by being some- 

 Avhat smaller, a little more slender, and very slightly paler in color, by 

 the scape not quite reaching the level of anterior ocellus, by the poste- 

 rior concave portion of the mesoscutum as well as the dorsal surface of 

 the axillae bearing a moderately dense and conspicuous covering of 

 silvery-white pubescence, by the tegula being unicolorous throughout 

 and somewhat paler than mesoscutum, by the anterior femur being 

 only very slightly thickened, by the infuscated area of f orewing being 

 distinctly paler on anterior half of wing than on posterior half, by the 

 abdomen being for the most part concolorous with the thorax, its apex 

 usually more or less brownish, and by the hypopygium being appar- 

 ently a little farther from the apex of abdomen. In other respects the 

 female agrees with the description of fermginea. 



Male. — Head mostly pale ferruginous but wdtli a transverse area on 

 vertex encompassing the ocelli dark metallic green; mesoscutum ex- 

 cept broad lateral margins, scutellum dorsally, and dorsal angles of 

 axillae metallic green ; remainder of thorax, propodeum, and all legs 

 pale ferruginous ; wings hyaline ; abdomen missing. 



Antennal scape about five times as long as thick ; pedicel nearly twice 

 as long as thick; ring joint transverse, small; first funicular segment 

 about one and one-half times as long as broad, thicker than pedicel ; 

 seventh funicular segment subquadrate ; club not so long as three pre- 

 ceding segments. Head weakly sculptured except on vertex, where 

 the sculpture is fine and distinct; frons not entirely smooth but the 

 sculpture very weak ; metallic green area on dorsum of thorax distinctly 

 finely sculptured, remainder of thorax more weakly sculptured ; pro- 

 podeum practically smooth, without carinae or folds, and with the 

 posterior lateral angles densely hairy ; forewing with costal cell and 

 basal area sparsely ciliated, the ciliation on remainder of wing uniform 



