40 J. H. Emerton — Nen^ Eiu/land Tlierklidm. 



over the oflges of the tarsus, each side. A wide thin apj>endage starts 

 near tlic base of (lie tiihc and lies o\er it as far as the end of the 

 tarsus. The tibial hook is lialf as long as the tarsus and is Ijent 

 toward the tarsal hook and a])pears twisted at the end. 



Danvers, Essex and C\'vnibridge, Mass., and New Haven, Conn. ; in 

 the latter place abundant on city fences in November. 



Cornicularia Menge. 

 The spiders of this group are placed by Menge in several genera. 

 The species wliieh he refers to Cornicnhiria seems to be very near 

 our C. minata. Most of our species are large and brightly colored. 

 The males and females differ but little. The males have a hump or 

 horn on the front of the head between the eyes, and usually orna- 

 mented by flat stiff hairs. In several species there are two horns, the 

 lower one being small and partly concealed by the upper. The male 

 ])alpi have a stifl" black tube curved once round the end of the bulb 

 and supported by a thin appendage near the tip. The tarsus is 

 round with a small, smooth tarsal hook at the base. The tibial hook 

 is large and extends over the back of the tarsus. In several species 

 it is a smooth pointed hook, but in others it has a smaller point on 

 the inner side, or is modified in various ways according to the species. 

 The epigynum has a wide and short middle lobe with openings at 

 the corners. The cephalothorax is usually long, narrowing gradually 

 toward the head. The eyes are nearly equal in size and close to- 

 gether, except where displaced by the horns of the males. 



Cornicularia directa. 



FMyone directa S and Erigone provida 2 Canib., Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1874 



and 1875. 



Plate XI, figure 1. 



The males and females of this species were described by Cambridge 

 at different times, without opportunity to compare thenj, and were 

 naturally siipposed to be distinct species. I have since found both 

 sexes together in considerable numbers, and am now sure that they 

 belong together. The length is about 2'""'. Cephalothorax uniform 

 chestnut-brown, from almost black to light yellow in different indi- 

 viduals. Sternum same color. Legs lighter. Abdomen gray with 

 the muscular spots light. Both sexes about the same size and color. 

 The male has two horns between the eyes, the lower slender and 

 about half as long as the uj)per and lying close under it. The tibia 

 of the male palpus has a smooth ])c»inted hook over the tarsus. 



Eastern Massa(;husetts ; Mt. Tom, Mass.; Providence, 1\. I. In 

 winter under leaves, and on fences in autumn. 



