J. H. JEinerton — Neii} Englcuid Therididm. 39 



This is a common spider on juniper and oilier evergreen trees. 

 Portland, Me.; eastern Massachusetts; Mt. Tom, Holyoke, Mass.; 

 New Haven, Conn. 



Grammonota ornata. 



Erigone ornata Camb., Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 



Plate X, pigur?: 3. 

 Slightly smaller than jjictiiis, but with similar markings on the 

 abdomen. Cephalothorax dark brown. Head of male slightly ele- 

 vated behind the eyes, but no distinct hump, the elevated ])arts with 

 similar sti ft' hairs as \n ^rictilis. The palpal organ has the tube much 

 shorter, and the tibial hook is curved forward and forked. Only 

 males. 



Near Boston, under leaves, not so common as the last. 



G-rammonota inornata, new. 



Plate X, riGURE 5. 



Length 2"'"\ Cephalothorax dark brown, abdomen dark gray. 

 Legs yellowish gray. Head of male slightly elevated behind the 

 eyes. Male palpus with a sliort smooth hook on the tibia. The 

 tarsal hook is large and so is the spur at the inner end of the pal[)al 

 organ. The tube is stout and dark colored and the upper bend ex- 

 tends beyond the end of the palpus. 



Two males from Saugus, Mass., under leaves, and two from New 

 Haven, Conn., one under leaves, and one on a fence in October. 

 Large numbers under dry eel-grass on the beach at Wood's Holl, 

 Mass. 



SpiropalpUS, new genus. 



This s|)ider resembles closely those of the last genus, but has 

 entirely difterent male palpi, with the tube long and stiif and coiled 

 in a flat spiral, partly covered by the supporting appendage. The 

 tibial hook is long and twisted. 



Spiropalpus spiralis, new. 



PlITE X. FIGURE 6. 



Length, 2'""\ Somewhat lighter colored than the last. Cephalo- 

 thorax, dark brown, lighter behind toward the abdomen and nearly 

 black on the head. Abdomen dark or light gray, legs yellow. The 

 sexes are alike in size and color. The epigynum is three-lobed with the 

 small central lobe extending a little beyond the others. The dark 

 brown sperraathecae show through the skin. The palpal organ is very 

 large, the tiibe is stift" and coiled in two large spirals which extend 



