176 J. H. Enierton — Neio England DrassidcB, 



The colors are the same as those of conspersa ; cephalothorax and 

 legs dark brown and abdomen rusty black. 



The epigynum has the openings rather wider apart, and the front 

 middle appendage flat, wrinkled at the edges, and with a hard spot 

 in which is a small hole near the end. This apj^endage resembles 

 the finger in the same position in Ex>eira. PI. iv, fig. hh. 



The male palpus has the tibia rather shorter and its outer process 

 longer than in conspersa, fig. 5. The tube of the palpal organ 

 is only about half as long, its base being nearer the middle of the 

 tarsus. The middle hooked appendage is as long as in conspersa, 

 but much more slender, fig. ha. 



Under stones on Mt. Washington, Ni H., from the ledge upward, 

 with cocoons of eggs July 1. 



Males and females from Ellis Bay, Anticosti, July 23, S. Hen- 

 shaw in collection of Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.; females with cocoons of 

 eggs. 



The specimen named by Thorell was from Strawberi-y Harbor, 

 Labrador, collected by A. S. Packard in 1864. 



G. scudderi was found by A. S. Packard at the Garden of the 

 Gods, Colorado, in 1875. 



G-naphoSa conspersa Thorell, Bull. Ilayden's U. S. Geol. Survey, vol. iii, 

 1877. 

 Gnaphosa giganfea Keysorliug, spueiraeus in Mus. Comp. Zool., Cambridge, Mass. 

 Plate IV, figures 4, 4a, ib, 4c, 4rf, 4e. 



This spider is 12 to 15'"'" long and rusty black in color. Some 

 specimens freshly moulted are dull yellowish or greenish gray, and 

 old individuals have a. brownish color. The whole body and the legs 

 are covered with long hairs. The cephalothorax is wide in front and 

 the eyes are not so close together as in Pythonissa hnhecilla, or in 

 Prosthesima, The hinder row of eyes is a little longer than the front 

 row, and the lateral eyes are larger and farther back than the middle 

 ones. PI. IV, fig. 4. The middle hinder ej^es are a little oval and 

 oblique, diverging toward the front. The mandibles are large and 

 strong, on the inner side under the claw they have a wide flat tooth 

 with irregular and serrated edge, and near the inner corner two large 

 pointed teeth, fig. Ah. The maxillae are very wide and curve inward 

 so as nearly to meet ai'ound the end of the lip. Their outer corners 

 are rounded, tig. 4«. The spinnerets are stout and the lower pair 

 are widely separated. The male differs but little from the female. 

 The male palpi have the patella and tarsus both short and the 



