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raiigle of m. e. slightly narrower behind than in front. Legs moderately slender, 

 clothed with hristles and scattered spines, mostly above and on the sides of joints, 

 a distinct hump on posterior sides of all patellae ; sternum barely longer than 

 broad, sides undulate, pointed behind. Abdomen once and a fourth longer than 

 broad, broadest in middle, not tapering behind ; the epigynum has a short pale 

 finger with recurved tip, each side a brown, nearly circular cavity. 



One specimen, Piinta Gorda, Fla. (Mrs. A. T. Slosson). 



Singa ino«lesta nov. sp. — Length 3.5 mm. Cephalothorax pale yellow- 

 brown, a large white spot, anteriorly pointed, on posterior x«irt of the pars ceph- 

 alica. Legs pale yellowish, more brown on the middle of the joints; mandibles 

 pale, with a brown spot; sternum yellow-brown, blackish on the sides. Abdomen 

 black, a narrow white stripe on each side, meeting behind above the spinnerets, 

 above with many irregular white spots and two pairs of impressed dots : venter 

 with a narrow white stripe each side, sometimes broken up into spots; cephalo- 

 thorax three-fourths as broad as long, longer than femur i, about as long as pa- 

 tella plus tibia i ; a. ra. e. a little closer to each other than to the slightly smaller 

 a, s. e. ; p. m. e. larger than other eyes and about once and a half their diameter 

 apart, about twice their diameter from p. s. e. ; legs moderately short, with many 

 bristles, probably a few spines, but all rubbed off, a little hump on posterior sides 

 of all patellfe ; sternum triangular, about as broad as long, sides undulate, blunt 

 pointed behind ; abdomen elliptical, once and a half longer than broad ; epigynum 

 consists of a quadrate area, in which is the outline of a triangular body with the 

 apex forward, this is traversed by a narrow septum. 



Two specimens, Punta Gorda and Lake Worth, Fla. (Mrs. A. T. 



Slosson j. 



THOMISID^. 



Xystii'US floridaiiuiii nov. sp. — Length 3.2 mm. Cejihalothorax yellow- 

 brown, marginal seam dark, two elongate converging whitish spots on the i)oste- 

 rior part of the pars cephalica, a white band through the eye-region ; femora i 

 and ii pale yellow-brown, darkest towiird tips, the tibise clear red-brown, the 

 metatai'si paler and the tarsi yellowish, posterior legs wholly pale; sternum pale. 

 Abdomen whitish above, with four large irregular brown spots, their outer niai^ 

 gins connected, the posterior pair transversely united, the sides light brown • 

 venter pale brownish with white dots ; cephalothorax moderately low, as broad 

 as long, hardly shorter than femur i; eyes of posterior row about equal ; a. m. e. 

 equal to p. m. e., but closer together; a. s. e. very much larger than other eyes 

 Legs moderately short and stout, three spines in front and one above on femur i ; 

 tibise i and ii with four pairs below, three pairs under metatarsi i and ii; sternum 

 plainly longer than broad, sides rounded. Abdomen truncate at ba.se, slightly 

 narrower and barely longer than the cephalothorax ; the male palpus has an 

 elevated ridge on the base of tibia, which is prolonged on the inner side ; a pointed 

 projection at tip of tibia; tarsus broad, distinctly pointed at tip; palpal organ 

 broad, simple, from the lower inner end a tube arises and runs upwai-d and 

 around the bulb, near the lower middle is a short curved black hook, and on 

 inner side a dark stripe runs upward and around the end. 



One male, Punta Gorda, Fla. (Mrs. A. T. Slosson). 



