J. H. Emerton — JSTeto England TherkUdce. G7 



Drapetisca socialis (Siuid.) Menge. 



Plate XXI, figure 2. 



Length, 2'5""". Cephalothorax Avhite Avitli black edges, a black 

 spot in front under the eyes, and a black mark in the middle, from 

 which indistinct dark lines radiate toward the edge. The abdomen 

 is white with black or dark gray markings. On each side of the 

 front of the abdomen is a distinct black stripe. In the middle is a 

 row of irregular spots in pairs, connected together and with a middle 

 line. The legs are white with dark rings at the end and middle of 

 each joint ; they have long spines. The nnder side of the body is 

 white. The epigynum is long, widened toward the end. Fig. 2h, and 

 not folded. Male with the iisual differences from female. The 

 tarsus of the male palpus has a long process curved behind it, 

 besides the tarsal hook. 



The mandibles have six teeth in front of the claw and several thick 

 hairs at the upper part along the edge of two black marks. 



Eastport, ^le., on bark of spruce trees, which they closel)^ resemble 

 in color; Mt. Washington, in moss among highest trees; Beverly and 

 Danvers, Mass., on bark and under leaves. It lives also in Europe. 

 Menge found it common in Prussia on bark of spruce trees, without 

 any web. 



Helophora Menge. 



Contains oidy H. insignis. The epigynum is long and straight, 

 covered with hairs nearly to the end. The tube of the palpal organ 

 is long and slender, supported by a short thin appendage at the end, 

 and by a longer one which curves ai'ound the base of the palpal 

 organ. The tarsal hook is small and the tibia has various spines and 

 processes. 



Helophora insignis (Blk.) Thor., Svn. Eur. Spiders. 

 Helojjhora 2yallescens Menge. 



Plate XXI, figure 3. 



Length 3'"™. Cephalothorax and legs light yellow. Abdomen 

 dark gray to white, without markings, or with gray stripes at the 

 sides across the back. The cephalothorax is twice as wide across the 

 middle as at the head. Legs without markings. Epigynum long 

 and straight, reaching to the middle of the abdomen, with openings 

 at the end, Fig. 3b, the tubes inside showing indistinctly through the 

 skin. The palpal organ has a long curved tube, supported by a short 

 thin appendage at the end, and both are nearly surrounded by a long 

 thin appendage, under the end of which is a soft finger-like process. 



