190 J. H. Emerton — IVew England Drassidm, 



Agroeca Westriug. 



AgrcBca pratensis, new sp. 



Plate VI, figures 7, la. lb, 1c, Id, 1e. 



Female T'"'" long, cephalothorax S"^-". The cephalothorax is widest 

 and highest behind the middle, the head a little more than half as 

 wide as the thorax. The abdomen is widest across the hinder third 

 and not much pointed behind. PI. vi, fig 7. The front roAV of eyes 

 are close together, the middle ones half their diameter highest. The 

 upper eyes are a little larger and about their diameter apart, the raid- 

 die pair much the highest, fig. 7. 



The mandibles are very convex in front and flat at the sides. The 

 maxillae are straight on both sides and a little roimded on the inner 

 corners. The labium is half as long as the maxillae and as Avide as 

 long. The sternum is large and as wide as long, fig. 7a. The legs 

 are stout, the fourth pair longest. Under each metatarsus are three 

 pairs of slender spines, under the first and second tibiae two pairs, and 

 under the third and fourth tibia? three pairs. The cephalothorax, 

 legs, and mouth parts are light brownish yellow. The cephalothorax 

 has a fine dark edge on each side and a row of radiating dark lines 

 each side forming two broken dark longitudinal bands. The abdo- 

 men has two rows of gray oblique markings on a light ground, fig 7. 

 Epigynum with a long brown piece in the middle, fig 7e. 



Male about the same size with the abdomen a little smaller. The 

 male palpi are large and stout. The patella and tibiae are the same 

 length, the latter a little bent and with a short pointed spine on the 

 outer side. The tarsus and palpal organ are short and wide. The 

 palpal organ has a short blunt process on the outer side that projects 

 over the edge of the tarsus, figs. 76, 7c, Id. 



This spider lives under leaves and in short grass and resembles a 

 Lycosa in its gait and genei'al appearance, and also the common 

 Anyphmna incerta. 



Eastern Massachusetts ; Providence, Rhode I. ; Albany, New York. 



Agalenidse. 



The Agalenidce have the cephalothorax longer than wide, with the 

 cephalic part higher than the thoracic, and distinctly separated from 

 it by grooves or marks at the sides. The head is usually higher 

 than in the DrassidcB and the body less flattened. The upper spinner- 

 ets are two jointed, the terminal joint pointed and provided with 

 si)inning tubes along the inner side. In most species these are longer 



