J. H. Emerton — N'evj EmjUmd Therididm. 37 



appearance resembles t'ondcidariu. The head is high in front in all 

 the species, and the e3^e-area is wide and black or darker than the 

 rest of the cephalothorax. 



Ceratinopsis interpres (Camb.). 



Erigone interpres Camh., Proc. Zool. Soc. Londoo, 1874. 

 Plate IX, figure 1. 



This spider has a length of over 2"'"'. The cephalothorax is bright 

 orange with black around the eves. Fis^. 1, Tlie le^'s are lio-ht 

 yellow and long and slender, as in Bathyphantes. The abdomen is 

 yellow or light orange, with black around the spinnerets. The head 

 of the male is very high and has stiiF hairs between the eyes. The 

 male palpi are large, and light orange and black. The tarsus is 

 nearly straight on the forward edge, and has a sharp, recurved, black 

 point. The tarsal hook is short and has a few long hairs on its middle 

 portion. The other parts of the palpal organ are large and strong. 

 The epigynum is narrower than in mgricepn and runs farther forward. 



Adult male and female and several young on Mt. Tom, llolyoke, 

 Mass. Common at New Haven, Conn., on low bushes in summer, 



Ceratinopsis nigriceps, new. 



PL.VTE IX, FIGURE 2. 



Length 1-5""". Cephalothorax orange with a well-defined black 

 spot around the eyes, covering nearly the whole head. The head is 

 wider in the females than the males, and in both sexes the lateral 

 pairs of eyes are slightly raised on tubercles, giving the head a square 

 appearance. The legs and pal])i are light yellow, the latter darker. 

 The abdomen is light yellow, slightly reddish toward the end, espe- 

 cially in the male. The sternum is orange-brown without the rough- 

 ness of laticeps. The palpal organ is large with a large black tube 

 like rdgripalpis. The tibial hool\ is short and turned up toward the 

 tarsus. Fig. 2r«, 26. 



New Haven, Conn., and Dedham, Mass. 



Ceratinopsis laticeps, uew. 



Plate \\, figure 3. 



Length 1""". Thorax large and head wide, elevated in the 



middle over the eyes, and with a rounded hump in front below the 



eyes. Fig. 3a, which are widely separated. The cephalothorax is 



bright orange-brown, darker in front and black around the eyes. 



