362 J. H. Emerton — Spiders of the Family Thomisidm. 



slender and has a long outward curve at the tip and a long thin pro- 

 cess to support it. Fig. 1h. 



Salem and Beverly, Mass., under stones ; Long Island, N. Y., N. 

 Pike. 



XystiCUS stomachoSUS Keys., Spmnen Americas, 1880. 



A small female appareutly of this species is named X. benefactor ia the Mus. 

 Comp. Zool. Cambridge. 



Plate XXVIII, figures ^-M. 



This is a little smaller than linibatus. A mature female measures 

 gmm iQiig j^,if[ lYiQ thorax 3™™ wide. The largest males are as large 

 as small males of limhatiis. The brown markings are grayer than in 

 limbatus and less evenly distributed over the body. The lateral 

 dark bands of the cephalothorax are very distinct and have a darker 

 line on the outer edge and two darker spots behind under the front 

 of the abdomen. The middle of the cephalothorax is light, but a 

 little darker toward the front of the head. 



The brown markings of the abdomen are light with black spots 

 along the front and outer edges of each marking. The iirst and 

 second legs are covered with small brown spots darker and closer at 

 the ends of the joints. The third and fourth legs are lighter and 

 have darker spots at the ends of the joints, the fourth legs having 

 conspicuous dark spots on the ends of patella and tibia. PI. xxviii, 

 ligs. 3, 3a. 



The epigynum has a wider opening than limbatus, divided by a 

 flat ridge at the hinder edge. Fig. ^d. 



The male palpus has the under process of the tibia small and 

 divided at the end into two blunt knobs. The tube is stout and 

 black and ends between two large thin processes on the outer side. 

 PI. XXVIII, figs. 3J, 3c. The processes of the bulb are small but ex- 

 tend outward from its surface. The anterior process is attached 

 near its middle and pointed at both ends. Figs. 3^, 3c. 



Readville, Brookline, Saugus, Swampscott, Mass.; New Haven, 

 Conn.; Long Island, N. Y,, N. Pike's collection. 



XysticUS nervOSUS Banks. 



Plate XXVIII, figures \-M. 



Female 6""" long, and cephalothorax 3'"'" wide. The markings of 

 both sexes are very indistinct and much alike. The general color is 

 light brownish yellow with darker and lighter markings scattered in 



