J. H. Emerton — Ncxi^ England Therididm. 25 



one forked in fi-ont. The eyes are larger and closer than in tr/t/OHitrn, 

 and are in two groups widely separated in the middle. The front of 

 the head extends forward beyond the eyes, and the mandibles point 

 forward at an angle of forty-five degrees with the edge of the thorax. 

 The maxilhv, lip and sternum are also much lengthened forward. I 

 have not seen the male, and have only two females from Essex and 

 Danvers, Mass. They were shaken from bushes, and I have not seen 

 the web. Hentz had it from Ahibama. He says that the long hump 

 can be bent nearly double, as in trigonum. 



Theridula, new genus. 



This genus includes 7! snhmrula (Hentz) and T. gonygaster Simon, 

 from southern Europe. The cephalothorax is more narrowed in front 

 than in Tlieridhun. The legs are very short and slender. The abdomen 

 is as wide or wider than long in the females. The color in both species 

 is greenish gray, with bright black and white markings. The male 

 palpi are very simple and diiFer gi'eatly from any species of Therid- 

 miii. The tibia laps over the tarsus half its length. The palpal 

 organ projects very slightly from the bowl of the tarsus and appears 

 to have no appendages except the short tube. 



Theridula sphserula. 



Theriaion splicerula Hentz, Boston Journal of Nat. Hist., vol. vi. 

 Plate V, figures 3 to ?>h. 



About 1-5""" long and about the same in width. The abdomen is 

 wider than long, yellowish gray, with a bright, greenish yellow spot 

 in the middle and a black spot on a slight elevation each side. 

 There is also a black spot around the spinnerets. The cephalothorax 

 is yellow and has a wide black stripe in the middle. The legs are 

 light yellow. In the male the legs and cephalothorax are more 

 orange and the abdomen is less gray and the markings indistinct. 

 The palpal organ is one of the simplest in this family and the shape of 

 the palpus very peculiar, the tibia lapping over the tarsus half its 

 length. 



This spider is found from the White Mountains to Connecticut, on 

 bushes in summer. Adult males and females in Danvers, Mass., 

 June 30th. I have not seen its web. 



Trans. Conn. Acad., Vol. VI. 4 Sept., 1882. 



