50 J. II. Emertou — N'ew Emjhnid Therididm. 



Lophocarenum erigonoides, new. 



Plate XIV", figure 3. 



Length, 1*5""". Cephalothorax yellow-broAvn. Legs same color but 

 lighter. Abdomen dark gray. Thorax and abdomen both low, and 

 head but little elevated and slightly narrowed at the sides. Figs. 3, 3a. 

 The holes are close behind the lateral eyes and are not in grooves. 

 The tibia of the male palpus extends over the tarsus, and has an 

 oblique black tooth at the end and a rounded lobe below it. The 

 tarsal hook is short and wide like Erufone. The tube is coiled half 

 round the end of the palpus, along with a slightly longer flexiV)le 

 appendage. Fig. 36. 



Beverly, j\Lass., E. Burgess, 



Lophocarenum latum, new. 



Plate XIV, figure 4. 



This is a short and wide species. The cephalothorax is nearly as 

 broad as long. The grooves on the sides of the hump extend 

 obliquely backward from the lateral eyes, and have the holes at the 

 lower end. The tibia is widened and has a rounded tooth half its 

 width at the end. Fig. 4J. The tube and its support are both 

 small. Fig. Ac. 



One male, Watertown, Mass., under leaves in winter. 



Lophocarenum simplex, new. 



Plate XIV, figure 5. 



A small species, l"5""" long. Lighter colored than most species. 

 Legs and cephalothorax light yellow-brown. Abdomen gray. Head 

 slightly elevated. Holes behind and above the lateral eyes in shallow 

 grooves, a slight depression in the front of the head below the upper 

 eyes. The male palpus has the tibia extending half its length over 

 the tarsus, and lias a small hook at the end. The tube and append- 

 ao'cs of the pali»al organ are short. Figs. 5c, bd. 



One male under leaves in a maple swam}) near the floating bridge, 

 Salem, Mass. 



Lophocarenum depressum, new. 



Plate XIV, figure 6. 



Leno-th, 2'"'". Colors the usual dull brown and gray. The legs in 



niv specinun are dark brown, but are ]irobably discolored by drying 



O" dirty alcohol. The ^ cephalotliorax is very low for this genus, and 



the hump just behind the eyes is lower in the mi«ldle than at the 



