J. H. Emerton — Nexo England Therididce. 71 



Bathyphantes angulata, new. 



Plate XXII, figure 5. 



Length, 1"'"'. Color dull gray, slightly tinged with yellow on the 

 cephalothorax and legs. Palpal organ brownish. The tarsus of the 

 male palpus has a prominent angle on the upper side and a short spur 

 at the base where it overlaps the tibia. The tarsal hook is flat as in 

 B. micaria, which this species much resembles in its palpal charac- 

 ters. I do not know the females. 



Mt. Carmel, Hamden, Conn., and Mill Rock, New Haven. 



Bathyphantes formica, new. 



Plate XXII, figure 7. 



This species resembles B. micaria, but is larger and darker colored. 

 The male is 2'""' long. The cephalothorax is about two-thirds as 

 wide as long. The front of the head is nearly as wide as the widest 

 part of the thorax. The abdomen is long and narrow and slightly 

 constricted in the middle. The cephalothorax, palpi, sternum and 

 femora are dark brown. The two basal joints of all the legs are 

 white and the rest of the legs beyond the femur light yellow. The 

 al)domen is black above and below. The femora of the palpi have 

 stout strong spines near the outer end, three on the outer side and 

 two on the inner. Figs. V, Ih. The tibia is short and wide and very 

 irregular in shape. The tarsus is angular. The tarsal hook is flat as 

 in micaria. Fig. la. 



Adult male, on a fence at New Haven, Conn., May, 1882, and 

 young males in the same place in October. 



Bathyphantes micaria, new. 



Plate XXII, figure C. 



Length, 1 •5""". Legs long, the front pair twice as long as the 

 body. Cephalothorax wide in front, yellow-brown, darkened at the 

 sides with gray, black around tlie eyes. Abdomen long and narrow, 

 whitish, with a transverse gray mark in front and two pairs of oblique 

 gray stripes at the sides, grayish underneath. The legs are light 

 yellow and grayish at the ends of the joints. The tarsus of the male 

 palpus is angular, and has a sharp jtrocess half way between the most 

 prominent corner and the til>ia. The tarsal hook is flat and wide, 

 with a tliiu sharp point. Fig. 6. 



On fences in Octol^er, at New Haven, Conn. One adult male and 

 several young. 



