b PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. 63. 



Palpus as shown in Plate 1, figure 5. 



Length, 2.6 mm.; cephalothorax (including rostrum), 1.4 mm.; 

 tibia and patella I. 2.2 mm.; tibia and patella IV, 0.9 mm. 

 Locality. — Louisiana : Aimesville. One male. 

 Type.—Q'At. No. 564, M. C. Z. 



ARIAMNES FLAGELLUM (Doleschall). 



Ariadne flayeUum Doleschall, Batavia Nat. Tidjieb., 1857, vol. 13, p. 411. 



Locality. — China: Soochow (N. Gist Gee). One specimen. 

 A species widespread in the Indo-Malaysian region and also occur- 

 ring in Australia. 



Family LINYPHIIDAE. 



ANIBONTES, new genus. 



Cephalothorax long, narrowed from the middle caudad, not mar- 

 gined. Clypeus exceeding in height the length of the median ocular 

 area. Clypeus and sides of head sloping. Sternum longer than 

 broad, acutely pointed behind. Chelicerae of male long and divari- 

 cate, the outer face with a series of teeth much as in species of EH- 

 gone. Legs rather short. Tibia and more proximal joints of male 

 palpus without processes. 



Genotype. — Anihontes mimus., new species. 



This genus differs from Microneta particularly in its caudally 

 narrowed cephalothorax, which gives the individual a typically ant- 

 like appearance, and in the armature of the chelicerae of the male. 



ANIBONTES MIMUS, new species. 



Plate 1, figs. G, 7 ; plate 2, fig. 8. 



Male. — Cephalothorax conspicuously narrowed from the middle 

 caudad and obviously narrower at the caudal end than at the ante- 

 rior (pi. 2, fig. 8). Clypeus depressed beneath the eyes and sloping 

 forward. 



Anterior row of eyes nearly straight, slightly recurved; median 

 eyes nearer to each other than to the laterals. Posterior row of eyes 

 straight, or very nearly so; median eyes less than their diameter 

 apart, farther from the laterals. Area of median eyes considerably 

 longer than wide ; only slightly narrower in front than behind. 



Chelicerae in the male distally strongly narrowed or excavated; 

 the claw long; upper margin of furrow with four teeth widely re- 

 moved from the base of the claw. Proximad of the narrowed distal 

 portion, the chelicera bulges convexly in front and laterally, and 

 along the anterolateral line bears a series of five short spines or 

 teeth, of which the more distal ones are curved (pi. 1, fig. 6). 



