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Tmeticus montanus, new. 



Plate XVI, figure 3. 



About 1-5""" long and dull colored. Abdomen dark gray. Ceph- 

 alothorax yellow-brown. Legs same color, but paler. The cephalo- 

 tliorax has an indistinct dark stripi; each side near the edge. Males a 

 little smaller than females. Mandibles of male without teeth in froiU. 

 Tibia of male palpus as wide as long with a short curved tooth on the 

 upper side. Tarsal hook wide, like Erigone^ with a tooth at the 

 outer corner. The tube of the palpal organ is moderately long and 

 supported only at the tij) by a thin appendage. Fig. 36. The 

 epigynum is slightly raised and dark brown, the middle lobe very 

 narrow and separated from the side lobes by shallow grooves ending 

 in slight notches at the edge. 



From moss on various parts of Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, 

 from Hermit T^ake to the highest trees. 



Tmeticus pallidus, new. 



Plate XVI, figure 4. 



This spider is little over 1""" long and very pale colored. I^egs 

 and ce)>ha]othorax light yellow. Abdomen pale gray, almost white. 

 Eyes with black rings. Epigynum without any distinct grooves or 

 notches and showing the dark brown spermathecte through the skin. 

 The males are of the same size and color as the females. The mandi- 

 bles have no prominent teeth in front. The tibia has a very long 

 hook which extends nearly to the end of the tarsus. It has a wide 

 tooth near the middle and a very narrow and slightly curved tip. 

 The palpal organ has the tube and its appendages very narrow and 

 simple. Fig. 4a. 



New Haven, Conn., and neighborhood. 



Tmeticus maximus, new. t 



Plate XVI, figure 5. 

 This is a large species nearly 3""" long. The colors are dark. 

 Cephalothorax yellowish brown, darker and reddish toward the head. 

 Legs lighter yellowish brown. Abdomen gray. The mandibles 

 have a prominent tooth on the front inner side. The tibia of the 

 male palpus is small and has a short j^rocess i-oughened at the tip on 

 the upper side. The tarsus is long. The tarsal hook is large and 

 dark colored, with two teeth on the curved end. The palpal 

 organ is large and dark brown, l)ut the tube and its supporting 

 appendages are small. 



