J. H. Emerton — N'eio England Tlier'ididcp,. 21 



markinos ui-e broken u^) into four pairs of black spots more or less 

 connet-tecl with u broken middle line, as in Hentz's figure. These 

 spotted individuals are usually darker colored than the others. The 

 head is wider and the eyes smaller and farther apart than in the 

 other sjx'cies and the front middle eyes are the smallest. The head 

 is wider in males than females and the mandibles larger. There are 

 two teeth under the claw of the mandible, Fig. 3e, which are much 

 larger, especially the inner one, in the males. Fig. 3/. The maxilhe 

 of males are longer and more pointed than in females. The 

 epigynum has a small opening outside and a slight notch in the fold 

 opposite to it. The palpal organ has a stout black tube covered at 

 the end by two short processes. At the outer end the tarsus has a 

 notch under which is a soft appendage of the palpal organ. The 

 various parts are crowded together and not easily made out. The 

 whole male palpus is about the length of the first femur. 



Eastern Massachusetts; Montreal, Canada; New Haven, Conn. 

 Adults of both sexes in May and June. It is common under stones 

 at all seasons, under leaves, and occasionally on bushes. 



Steatoda nigra, new. 



Plate IV, figures 4 to ^b. 



Female 2-5""" long. Male I "S""". Abdomen black. Cephalothorax 

 yellowish, covered with fine black hairs. Legs yellowish at the base 

 and ends, but dark and covered with black hairs in the middle, except 

 tike third pair, which is yellow its whole length, or at least lighter 

 than the other. The cepholathorax is as high as long. The front eyes 

 largest and projecting forward. The males are much smaller than 

 females. The palpal organs are simple. Fig. 45, and the opening of 

 the epigynum very small. 



I have specimens from Portland, Me.; Beverly, Mass. and Holyoke, 

 Mass. 



Steatoda COrollata (Linu.) Thor., Synonyms of European Spiders. 



I have one $ spider from Maiden, Mass., from H. L. Mo)dy, which I 

 believe belongs to this European species. It is rather larger than 

 most females of marrnorata, but the legs are shorter and stouter. 

 The thorax is dark brown and the legs lighter brown with dark rings 

 at the ends of the joints. The two basal joints are also dark brown. 

 The abdomen is yellowish at the sides and has four or five irregular 

 yellowish spots, or pairs of spots, along the middle of a blackish 

 brown oval patch, which nearly covers the middle of the back. In 



