68 J. IT. Emerton — Neio England TherididiB. 



Tlie tarsal liook has two hard ])oiiits near where it touches the tibia, 

 one of wliich is curved outward. The tibia lias just behiiul tlie tarsal 

 hook three strong bristles, each of wliicli is raised on a rounded 

 pi'ocess. 



Beverly, Mass., in low bushes. 



Bathyphantes JMenge. 



lucluding Leptliyphantes Menge. 



This genus includes most of the small species of the old genus 

 Linyphia. I do not see why the two species of Eepthyphmites 

 should be separated from Bathyphantes, as they differ but little 

 except in size. The abdomen in this geiuis is oval and high in front 

 and pointed l>ehind. The colors are usually gray and black, in 

 transvei'se stripes or pairs of long spots, but some species have bright 

 yellow or orange on tlie head and legs. The epigynum in this genus 

 is long and folded, so that the end with the opening is partly concealed 

 under the outer fold. This may be seen with the naked eye in the 

 larger species. The male palpi have the tarsal hook very large and 

 of complicated shapes. The tube of the palpal organ itself is short 

 and thick, and usually hard to distinguish from the large appendages 

 by which it is surrountled. The legs are long and slender, and the 

 spines large and distinct. In the latter characters it differs from 

 Microneta. 



Bathyphantes minuta (Blk.) Thor., Syn. European Spiders. 



Lq>lliy2)hantes inuscicola Menge. 



Plate XXJ, figure 4. 



This is 3'""' long, a little smaller than nehtdosa. The ce])halo- 

 thorax is yellowish brown, darker at the edges but without any 

 middle line. The dark markings on the abdomen nearly cover it, so 

 that it appears dark gray with transverse light markings, or three or 

 four pairs of white spots. The legs are light broAvnish yellow with 

 dark rings on the ends and middle of the tibije and fenu)ra. The 

 epigynum is folded twice and when exteiuled is as long as the abdo- 

 men. The ])alpal organ has the same long thin a])pendage, toothed 

 at the end, as in nehtdosa, and the swollen tul)e is plainly seen at 

 its side. Fig. 4a, The tarsal hook is very large and has a narrow 

 tip. At the base of the tarsal hook is a prominent ridge on the tar- 

 sus, and the tarsus has on the outer side, at the base, a conical point 

 without hairs and roughened with short ridges. Fig. 4, x. 



It lives in cellars and similar places, sometimes in company with 

 nehidosa. Salem, Cambridge, and Beverly, Mass, 



