Agalenidm and DysderidoB. 175 



This spider is common under leaves in dry Avoods. Eastern Massa- 

 chusetts; Dublin, N, H.; New Haven, Conn. 



Poecilochroa montana, new sp. 



Plate IV, figures 'J, 2a. 



This species is a little larger and less brightly colored than 

 P. variegatai PI. iv, fig. 2. Female 8""" long, cephalothorax 

 3.5™'". The arrangement of the eyes and proportions of the body 

 are about the same. The cephalothorax and legs are dark brown, 

 the hinder ones a little the lighter. The abdomen is black with a 

 pair of white spots near the front end and another pair across the 

 middle nearly united in the middle. The sternum and coxae are 

 dark brown. The epigynum is dark brown with a small opening at 

 the hind end. Fig. 2a. 



Mt. Washington, N. H., on the road to Gorham. 



PcBcilochroa bilineata. 



HeTpyllus hilintatus Heutz. 



Plate IV, figure 3, 'da. 



A very distinct species on account of its markings. Cephalothorax 

 white, with two black stripes and a fine black line on the edge, 

 each side. PL iv, fig. 3. Abdomen thickly covered with long hairs, 

 white in the middle and at the sides, and with two wide black stripes 

 that do not extend quite to the end. The under side of the abdo- 

 men is white with a black stripe each side. Fig. 3a. The legs are 

 covered with gray and white hairs. 



The female is 7™™ long, cephalothorax 3""". The head is about 

 half as wide as the middle of the thorax. The eyes are small, the 

 middle pair in each row farther apart than they are from the lateral 

 eyes. The two rows are widely separated. Sternum oval, widest 

 in the middle. Spinnerets long. Epigynum small, with a single 

 opening directed backward just in front of the transverse fold. 



Gnaphosa Latr., 1804. 



GnaphOSa brumaliS Thorell, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. xvii, 1875. 

 Gnaphosa scudderi Thorell, Bull. Hayden's U. S. Geol. Survey, vol. iii, 1877. 

 Plate IV, figures 5, 5a, 56. 



This species is a little smaller than G. conspersa. A female of the 

 usual size is 10™'" long, cephalothorax 4™™, while conspersa grows to 

 the length of 12 or 15""". 



