240 J. H. Emerton — New England Attidce. 



I have not seen the colors in life. In alcohol the cephalothorax is 

 dark brown except around the eda^es where it is yellowish. The 

 front half of the cephalothorax betAveen the eyes is dark purple 

 when turned to the light. The abdomen is white with two longitu- 

 dinal black stri])es that <lo not reach either end. The front legs are 

 orange color with light brown stripes and a black spot near the end 

 of each joint on the inner si(h'. The other legs are dirty yellow 

 with indistinct brownish stripes at the sides. Under the abdomen 

 is a black middle stripe. 



The epigynum has the openings very small and wide ajiart and the 

 posterior notch very wide with square corners at the ends. Fig. 4a. 



One female from Meriden, Conn. Mr. Peckhani has the same 

 species from Nebraska, 



Neon nellii reckham. 



This is the smallest of our New England Attidic, being only 2.5 

 to 3'"™ long with the cephalothorax not much over 1""". The 

 general color is dark gray, darkest toward the head, so that the 

 spider is hard to see on gray stones or weathered wood. The cepha- 

 lothorax is high, the highest part being a little behind the middle, 

 from which it curves downward to the front eyes and slopes more 

 abruptly backward. The eyes are large and prominent, the first row 

 nearly straight and as wide as the widest part of the cejDhalothorax. 

 The posterior eyes are nearly as large as the front middle pair and 

 are at the middle of the cephalothorax. The abdomen is a little 

 pointed behind and the spinnerets are large for the size of the spider. 

 PI. XX, fig. 1. 



The cephalothorax is smoky gray, darker toward the front and 

 darker in the males than females. The abdomen is gray with 

 yellowish white markings in a herring-bone pattern through the 

 middle. The underside of the body is light gray or whitish. The 

 legs are gray, darker toward the front. 



The epigynum is large and has two rounded openings toward the 

 front. Fig. lb. The male palpi are also large and the palpal organ 

 extends backward so as to cover the short tibia. The tube lies 

 obliquely across the end of the bulb, its tip resting in a groove on the 

 end of the tarsus. Fig. Ic. 



A common species under stones and leaves at all seasons. ' 



