182 J. H. Emerton — N'eto England Drassidce, 



Front row of eyes half as loug as the head is wide, the eyes of 

 equal size and equidistant; upper row, longer by the diameter of 

 the lateral eyes. The upper eyes are larger than those of the front 

 row, and all about the same size, the middle pair a little farther 

 apart than they are from the lateral eyes. 



Mandibles with a thin keel on the front outer edge, half as long as 

 the mandible. 



Colors, pale on the legs and palpi; cephalothorax brownish yellow, 

 darkest in front; abdomen covered with fine brown markings. 



Male palpi with the tibia shorter than the patella, A flat wide 

 process on the outer side, PI. v, fig. 5 a, extends forward over the 

 tarsus. The bulb of the palpal organ nearly fills the under side of 

 the tarsus, the tube is short and curved round the end of the tarsus 

 so as to point backward ; over the base of the tube is a short stout 

 hook, instead of a large hook as in rubra, fig. 5. 



Salem and Beverly, Mass. 



Clubiona rubra Keyserling, specimeus in Mus. Com p. Zool., Cambridge, Mass. 

 Plate V, figures 6, Ga, 6&, 7, la, 1h, 8, 8ffl, Sb. 



This is one of several closely similar species, the classification of 

 which cannot M^ell be understood without comparing large numbers 

 from many diiferent i)laces. Chihlona ahhottii L. Koch, is this spe- 

 cies or very close to it. 



Males and females are 3 to 4"""' long. The eyes are large in pro- 

 portion to the size of the spider, and cover the whole width of the 

 front of the head. 



The color after keeping in alcohol is redder than in most species. 



The epigynum is notched at the hinder edge, the depth of the 

 notch varying in diflferent individuals. PI. v, figs. 6c, 7c. 



The male palpi have the patella and tibia of the same length. 

 The relative length of these joints differs in the allied species. The 

 tibia is wider than long and has a large appendage on the outer side, 

 divided from the main part of the tibia by a deep notch on the 

 under side, figs. 6, 7, 8. The appendage consists of two parts, figs, 

 6a, 7a, 8a, the under one longest and a little notched at the end. 

 The size and length of this process varies in different individuals. 

 On the dorsal side of the tibia, on the front edge, is a small tooth, 

 varying in size in different spiders, figs. 6, 7, 8, The palpal organ 

 has a very large middle process, figs. 6^, 7^*, 8/>. 



White Mountains, N. H., to Connecticut, 



