184 J. H. Emerton — N'eio England Drassidce, 



Chiracanthium C Koch. 

 Chiracanthium viride, new sp. 



Plate V, figures 12, 12a, 126, \2d. 



Female 8™'" long, cephalothorax: S™"". Ceplialothorax three-fourths 

 as wide in front as at the widest part, fig. 12a. Eyes spreading over 

 nearly the whole width of the head; the lateral eyes close together; 

 the upper row a little longer than the front row, eyes in both rows 

 at equal distances apart. Abdomen widest in the middle, tapering 

 behind. First pair of legs a third longer than the fourth. Sternum 

 widest just behind the first pair of legs and tapering to a point 

 between the fourth coxae. The mandibles and maxill?e are dark 

 brown. The rest of the body is pale yellow, the cephalothorax a 

 little darker than the rest, and a gray stripe covers the middle of 

 the front of the abdomen. The epigynum has a large oval opening 

 covered by a hard dark brown lump. PI. v, fig. \2d. 



In the male the mandibles and legs are longer and the difference 

 in length between the first and fourth legs is greater. The palpi 

 are as long as the second femur. The tibia is twice as long as the 

 patella, and has on the outer side a tliin black process, a little curved 

 toward the tarsus, and on the upper side a thick blunt process ex- 

 tending a little way over the back of the tarsus. Between the tw^o 

 processes of the tibia a sharp process of the tarsus extends backward, 

 a little curved down at the end, figs. Via, 126. 



Female, Dedham, Mass., July 26. Male, Saugus, Mass., June 12. 



Trachelas L. Koch. 

 Trachelas ruber Kejseriing. 



Plate V, figures 13, 13a, 13c, 13c?. 



Female 10'"™ long, cephalothorax 4'""' long and 3'"'" wide. The 

 cephalothorax is widest in the middle opposite the second pair of 

 legs and narrows to 2'"'" at the hinder end, the sides of the hinder 

 half being nearly straight. The head is very wide and high, the 

 highest part half way between the eyes and the dorsal groove. 



The eyes are all about the same size and far apart. The front 

 row is nearly straight, the middle eyes a little higher than the 

 lateral, this row is half as long as the head is wide. The hinder 

 row is much longer, the middle eyes are about as far from the front 

 middle pair as they are from each other, the lateral eyes are about 

 the same distance from the middle ones, but much farther back on 

 the head, figure 13. The mandibles and maxillte are large and resem- 



