AMKRICAX APTERA. 07 



NEW NORTH A.IIKKKW SI>II>KltS AXI> IIITES. 



BY NATHAN HANKS. 



OONOPID.E. 



Hut one species of this faiuily Iui.s been described from our country, 

 (}r('hc--<fina saltitanx Bks., ii soft-bodied form. I now take pleasure 

 in adibn^- another species of tiie liai'd-bodied section. 



CiraiiiaMOiiiorpIia floridana nov. sp. — Length -Z. nini. Kcddish yellow, 

 lefts i>:ilcr yolliiwish ; cciilKiUitli'irax once and a third as long as broad, narrow in 

 front, surfat-e imnctnlato exceiit in median region, which is bounded by a row of 

 bristles, (luite high in second third, convexly sloping to low clypeus, abrupt be- 

 hind ; a. ni. e. touching the slightly smaller p. s. e. ; p. m. e. larger, touching, but 

 well separated from s. e. ; posterior row distinctly recurved ; mandibles vertical, 

 with a swelling on the front neair base; maxillje inclined over the short lip ; 

 sternum a little longer than broad, broadly truncate between hind coxse, punc- 

 tulate, a bristle arising from each puncture; legs moderate, femora thickened at 

 base, no spines. Abdomen elliptical, once and a half as long as broad, wholly 

 covered above by a horny shield, and a large one on the venter from base to near 

 spinnerets, a circle at base of spinnerets, shields punctulate, each puncture giving 

 rise to a hair, ventral shield divided at lung-slits, and in the anterior portion are 

 two oblong red marks. 



Two specimens from Punta Gorda, FUi. (Mrs. Slosson). 

 PHOLCIDiE. 



I'lIOECOIMIORA nov. gen. 



Group of Pholcese. Eight eyes ; posterior row moderately re- 

 curved, of about equal size, the m. e. their diameter apart, almost 

 touching the s. e. ; anterior row procured, the m. e. but little smaller 

 than the s. e., nearly contiguous, and but little farther from either 

 the a. s. e. or the p. m. e., but a trifle nearer to the former ; cepha- 

 lothorax broad, impressed, the pars cephalica slightly elevated and 

 rounded, eyes not on an elevation. 



Closely related to Phtjxoc'ijcla>i, but in that genus the posterior row 

 of eyes i» straight, and the a. m. e. several times nearer to the a. s. e. 

 than to the p. m. c. 



Pholcopliora aiuoricaua nov. sp.— Length 2.2 mm., femur i 1.8 mm. 

 Cephalothorax pale yellowish, darker on head, black spots around eyes; sternum 

 and legs pale dirty yellowish. Abdomen pale beneath, dark gi'ay above ; every- 

 where with scattered granules, but most numerous on the abdomen, each giving 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. -KXIII. (8) MARCH, 1896 



