194 J. H. Emerton — New England Drassidm, 



Cephalothorax and legs light yellowish brown, the legs with some 

 indistinct gray rings. Abdomen pale with gray markings which are 

 usually plainest on the hinder half. The upper spinnerets are twice 

 as long as the lower and the terminal joint is nearly as long as the 

 basal. 



Epigynum with small oblique openings at the sides. Fig. 6c. 



The male palpi have the patella and tibia long and both about the 

 same length. The tibia has on the outer side, about one-fourth its 

 length from the end, a short blunt process, fig. 6a, under this is a 

 shorter process lighter colored and directed forward, fig. Qh. The 

 tarsus is slender and pointed and the appendages of the i:)alpal organ 

 are small. Figs. 6a, 6^. 



Tegenaria brevis, uew sp. 



Plate VII, figures 5, 5a, 5/*, 5c. 



A small species, 5 to 6""^ long. Cephalothorax two-thirds as wide 

 as long. Abdomen short and widest behind. The mandibles are 

 small and but little convex in front. The cephalothorax and legs are 

 pale yellowish brown with black hairs, the legs and palpi are lightest 

 at the base and darker toward the ends. The spines are very long 

 and slender. The abdomen is in some individuals pale with dark 

 hairs ; in others there is a gray herring-bone marking, and gray 

 marks along the sides. 



The male palpi are slender and without any appendages on the 

 patella. The tibia has a short stout tooth on the outer side a little 

 behind the end. The tarsus is small and pointed. The palpal organ 

 is round and too large to be covered by the tarsus. Plate vii, fig. 5. 

 The head of the male is narrower than that of the female, and the 

 thorax wider, figs, bh, 5c. 



The epigynum appears to the naked eye like two parallel dark 

 brown marks. It has a large posterior opening, widest behind, and 

 partly divided into two at the front edge, fig. 5a. 



The short round abdomen and gray markings make this S2)ider 

 resemble Steatoda marmorata. 



Mt. Washington. N. H. ; Massachusetts ; New Haven, Conn. 



Cicurina Menge, ]»71. Simon, J875. 

 This genus differs but little from Coelotes except in the palpi of 

 the males which have the patella without processes, the tarsus long 

 and narrow, and the tibia short with a large appendage on the outer 

 side. The tube of the palpal oi'gan is long and supported in various 

 complicated ways. . 



