./. H. Emerton — Keic England Attidce. 239 



The tibia of the male palpus is sliorter than the patelhi and at the 

 distal end as Avide as long, witli a stout pointed hook directed forward 

 and a little inward. Fig. 2f. 



Found occasionally under stones or on bushes but corninon on the 

 outside of houses and fences in the warmest and driest places. The 

 colors resemble closely that of un[)ainted wood stained by the 

 weather. 



Common all over New England. A common Euro[)ean species. 



MenemerUS lineatus. Icius Uneatus Peckham. Altus quadriiineatus Peck- 

 ham, 1883. 



A small spider only 4'"'" long and very distinctly marked with two 

 white longitudinal lines on the middle of the abdomen and two 

 others on the sides so far down that only the front ends of them can 

 be seen from above. PI. XIX, fig. 5. 



The color in life is dark brown. The Avhite lines on the back 

 have their edges very dark. The cephalothorax and dark parts of 

 the abdomen are thinly covered with long, slender, yellow scales 

 mixed with a few white hairs on the front of the abdomen. On the 

 under side of the abdomen are four white lines. The legs are dark 

 brown, the first pair darkest. 



The relative length of the legs is 1, 4, 2, 3, The first pair are 

 twice as thick as the others. The top of the cephalothorax is flat 

 two-thirds its length from the front. There is a short, transverse 

 groove a little behind the dorsal eyes. The cephalothorax is widest 

 across the middle but only very little wider than in front. The 

 epigynum has a dark ridge behind, curved at the ends around two 

 round holes. Fig. 5b. 



Manchester and Medford, Mass, 



Menemerus binus. AUus Unus Hentz, not M. paykuUU Peckham, 1885. 



Female 9""" long. Legs 1, 4, 2, 3, The cephalothorax is widest 

 behind the middle and narrows slightly toward the front of the head 

 where it is half as wide as long. The cephalothorax is flat above 

 and a little swelled around the dorsal eyes. There is a short trans- 

 verse groove behind the eyes. PI. XIX, fig, 4, 



The abdomen is half as wide as long, narrowed at both ends. The 

 first pair of legs are about as long as the fourth pair, but twice as 

 thick. The second pair of legs are slightly thicker than the third 

 and fourth. 



