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broad in front; mandibles quite large, distinctly porrect, fangs long; sternum 

 slender, narrowed in front and behind. Legs short and stout, metatarsi and 

 tarsi i and ii with scopulas, two spines below on tibia i and same on tibia ii, many 

 below and on sides of the posterior pairs; abdomen depressed, once and a half 

 longer than broad, truncate at base ; the epigynum consists of a somewhat trian- 

 gular cavity, nearly twice as broad as long, divided by a narrow septum. 



One specimen, Punta Gorda, Fla. iMrs. A. T. Slossou ;. 



Prostliesiuia iiiger nov. sp. — Length 6-8 mm.; ceph. 2.2 mm. long. 1.7 

 mm. wide; patella, plus tibia iv. 3 ram. long. Cephalothorax, mandibles and 

 sternum dark red-brown. Legs blackish, yellow on coxse, tarsi and base of femora. 

 Abdomen dark gray; posterior row of eyes straight, barely longer than anterior 

 row ; p. m. e. large, oval, not half their diameter apart, about their diameter from 

 the smaller p. s. 6. ; sternum longer than broad, truncate in front, widest at second 

 cosse. sides rounded, pointed behind ; the legs are very hairy ; there are no spines 

 above on tibise iii or iv, and none below on tibia i. Abdomen quite long and 

 somewhat cylindrical, but slightly depiessed ; the epigynum consists of a ca-vity 

 about as broad as long, widest in the middle and narrowed each end ; in front is 

 a broad jilate, concave behind, from this extends backward a large clavate septum 

 whose posterior tip rests in an extension of the main cavity. 



Three specimens, Olympia, Washington (Trevor Kincaid). Dif- 

 fers from P. (dra in the paler color, the oval p. m. e., the longer hind 

 legs, and in ditlerent e|)igynum. 



Prostliesima valida uov. sp. — Length f 9 mm. : ceph. 3.8 mm. long, 

 2.5 mm. wide; patella, plus tibia iv, 4.1 mm. Cephalothorax, mandibles, legs 

 and palpi red-brown ; legs darker on metatarsi and tarsi ; sternum dark red- 

 brown ; abdomen above and below dark gray, nearly black in front and blackish 

 on the sides; spinnerets yellowish. Body and legs with black hairs. Legs quite 

 slender, with scopulas to tarsi and metatarsi (except iv), three spines below on 

 tibia i, and one above on tibia iv; posterior row of eyes straight, barely broader 

 than anterior row ; p. m. e. round, separated by their diameter, nearer to each 

 other than to p. s. e. ; a. m. e. largest eyes, separated by nearly their diameter, 

 half that distance from the a. s. e. ; the epigynum consists of a cavity longer than 

 broad, divided by a septum, the anterior half of the cavity being covered by a 

 thin plate. What I take to be the male of this species is smaller and paler; 7. 

 mm. long; the ceiihalothora.x and legs yellowish, the abdomen nearly white, with 

 a triangular corneous plate at base above ; there arc two rows of three sjiines each 

 under tibia i. and one spine above on tibiie iii and iv ; the tibia of the % pal})us 

 is much broader than long, on the outer side is a curved projection ending in two 

 sharp points ; the tarsus is more than twice as long as broad ; there is a dark pro- 

 cess along the outer side, and a dark line on half the inner side; the tube is very 

 small and short, terminating tlie o1)long l)ulb ; at the tip there is a swollen white 

 portion. 



Los Angeles, Cala. (Dr. A. Davidson). 



1>ra!>i!>iUS vastus nov. sp. -Length 9 H mm.; ceph. 4.6 mm. long, 3 mm. 

 wide; ])atella, i)lus til)ia iv, 5.2 mm. Cephalothorax and legs yellowish, with a 

 tinge of brown, metatarsi and tarsi blackish, mandibles reddish, sternum yellow- 

 brown ; abdomen grayish brown, darker near tip, with several faint light chev- 



