322 J. H. Emerton — Neio England EpeiridcB. 



head higher. The colors are .orange, brown and black, usually 

 bright. They live on low plants in open fields near water. 



Singa variabilis, new. 



Plate XXXIV, figuhks 16, U)a, 166, 16c. Plate XXXVII, figures 19, 20, 21. 



Female 4""" long, a little smaller tlian ^wa^e?<«es. The legs and 

 cephalothorax are light orange except the front of the head around 

 the eyes which is black. Tiie abdomen varies considerably in color. 

 In a large proportion of them it is entirely black. In others there 

 are two white stripes of various lengths along the sides, all the 

 rest being black. Others have a light stripe in the middle in addi- 

 tion to the side stripes. Still lighter individuals have a white stripe 

 in the middle and others at the sides. Between these are brownish 

 areas in which are two or three black patches of various sizes and 

 shapes. These latter individuals resemble in markings the other 

 species. The males are smaller but similarly marked. The palpal 

 organs are black. 



This is found in grass in wet meadows with the other species, all 

 varieties of color occurring together. 



Peak's Island, Portland, Me. ; Eastern Massachusetts ; New Haven, 

 Conn. 



Singa pratensis, new. 



Plate XXXIV, figures 15, ir)rt. Plate XXXVII, figures 14, 15, 16, 17. 



Female 5 or 0""" long ; cephalothorax 2"'" ; first leg 5""". Ce- 

 phalothorax light yellow in the middle and on the head, brownish at 

 the sides. Legs dull yellow, dai'ker at the ends of the joints. Abdo- 

 men light brown with a double white stripe in the middle and a 

 white stripe each side. Underneath there is a brown patch io the 

 middle with a yellow stripe each side and small yellow spots around 

 the spinnerets. The sternum is dark brown. The abdomen is large 

 and regularly oval. The legs are short and small. The metatarsi 

 of the first and second pairs have only very small and few spines. 

 The epigynum is small. 



The male has the abdomen much smaller than the female and the 

 markings less distinct. The cephalothorax is as largo as that of the 

 female, but the head is a little narrower and the middle eyes a little 

 farther advanced. The legs are stouter than in the female and have 

 much longer spines especially on the tibia?. 



In grass on wet ground, Salem and Holyoke, Mass., and New 

 Haven, Conn. 



