30 J. H. Einerton — New England Therididce. 



Common on Mt. Carmel, Ilamden, Conn.; and found in tlie neigh- 

 liorl)ood of New Haven. 



Pholcomma rostratum, new. 



Plate VI, figure 5. 



About 1""" long. Ccplialotliorax almost as wide as long. Abdo- 

 men oval, extending over the thorax to the dorsal groove. The 

 upper half of the abdomen is hard, as in Ceratinella, and covered with 

 coarse stift' hairs, and there are also hard places around the stem of 

 the abdomen and the spinnerets. The cephalothorax is very dark 

 brown ; the abdomen reddish })rown above and darker on the thin 

 skin at the sides. The legs are dirty brown, lightest toward the end. 

 The cephalothorax is flat, but the head of the male is twice as high 

 as the thorax behind it, and has a horn extending forwaid beyond 

 the base of the mandibles, and having on its tip a bunch of hairs 

 with flat, fan-shaped ends. The pal])al organs have no resemblance 

 to Ceratinella. The tibia is widened at the end and has two stout 

 bristles on the under side. Fig. ba. The tube of the palpal organ 

 is stout, and coils around the end of the tarsus to a large soft append- 

 age which supports it at the end. 



A few specimens of both sexes under leaves at Waltham and Wa- 

 tertown, INIass. 



PholcUS Walek. 



Pholcus phaiangioides Fuessi. 



Plate VI, figures 2, 2(/. 

 This species is common in cellars and dark corners in rooms, but I 

 have never seen it away fiom houses. It is readily distinguished by 

 its long leo;s and large size from other cellar spiders. The body, 

 in full-grown females, may be 7""" or 8""" long, and the front legs 

 4-r)'^'" to 6'"' long, though both sexes often mature much smaller. 

 The color is j)ale, almost white, with pale gray spots on the middle 

 of the thorax, the ends of the leg joints, and sometimes in pairs on 

 the abdomen. On the back of the abdomen there is usually a dark 

 transparent band over the dorsal vessel. The hairs are small and 

 thinly scattered and light brown in color. The cephalothorax is 

 nearly circular. The part of the head bearing the eyes is raised, and 

 in the males separated by a deep constriction from the rest of the 

 head. The abdomen is cylindiical excejjt when swelled out in the 

 middle ])y food or eggs. The front middle eyes ai'e small and close 

 too-ether. The other eyes are in two clusti'rs on each side of the 



