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gray line on the front, extending half the length of the abdomen 

 beyond the end of which are two or tliree transv^erse pale gray mark- 

 ings, and another distinct one just over the spinnerets, extendino- 

 nearly round them. Beneath are two longitudinal gray bands. The 

 abdomen is covered with long hairs which do not obscure the mark- 

 ings. The head of the male has a crest of stiff hairs just behind the 

 eyes, the front one much larger than the others, and curving forward 

 over the head. There is a slight hump on the head, which raises the 

 bases of these hairs half their length above the eyes. Fig. 5. The 

 epigynum is large and extends outward from the abdomen. The 

 palpi of the male ai-e very complicated. The tibia has a long process 

 which bends round against the hinder edge of the tarsus. Fig. 6a. 

 The tarsal hook has a long curved tooth that extends backward 

 nearly to the base of the tibia, and a shorter tooth parallel to it 

 nearer the base. The tube is long and slender, curving once round 

 the palpal organ and nearly hidden by the other appendages. 

 Mt, Carmel, Hamden, Conn., under leaves in October. 



Microneta Meuge. 

 This group differs but little from Bathyphantes on one side and 

 Tiiietlcns on the other. The body is longer and lower than in Bathy- 

 pluintes and the legs shorter and stouter, as in Tnieticiis. The colors 

 are ol'tener brown than in that genus, and there are no distinct mark- 

 ings. The palpal organs are like Bathyphantes. The tarsus usually 

 has a spur at the base, which in some species extends backward over 

 the tibia. PI. XXIII. The tarsal hook is large and varies in shape 

 accoi'ding to the species. The tube is short and thick, with the same 

 complicated appendages as in Bathyphantes. The e})igynum is also 

 folded as in Bathyphantts. Menge's genus Microneta consists almost 

 entirely of these spiders, but other species are included in his genera 

 Micryphantes and Bathyphantes. 



Microneta viaria. 



Erigone viaria Camb., Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1S75. 



Neriene viaria Blk. 



Microneta quisquiliarum Menge. 



Plate XXIIT, figure 1. 



This is one of the most common spiders under leaves in woods. 

 Specimens from my collection were identified by Cambridge in 1875. 

 It is 2"'"' to 2-5™'" long. Cephalothorax and legs bi-ownish yellow. 

 Abdomen gray or brownish, darker tlian the thorax. The epigynum 



Trans. Conn. Acad., Vol. VI. 10 Oct., 1882. 



