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Remarks. The characters of this subgenus are quite suffi- 

 cient to separate and distinguish the species composing it from 

 Attus. Even allowing that the character derived from the 

 extreme length of the cheliceres were limited to the males, the 

 great number of species contained in Attus would authorize 

 naturalists to separate such as have that character under a sep- 

 arate denomination. But it seems that this peculiarity may be 

 confined to the females in some species ; as, a male of E. pal- 

 marum was found with short cheliceres ; but these were never- 

 theless horizontal. 



1. Epiblemum palmarum. 



PL 9, fig. 16. 



Description. Rufous or dark brown ; cephalothorax and 

 [367] abdomen with a whitish band on each side above ; feet 

 whitish, except the first pair which are rufous, 1. 4. 2. 3. 



Observations. Cuvier, in his Regne Animal, iv, p. 264, 

 says that some males of Attus have elongated cheliceres. But 

 this was a female ; and a male was found in North Carolina, 

 corresponding to this in every particular, except that the cheli- 

 ceres were not elongated, but they ivere horizontal. The sub- 

 genus Attus is so large that some good subdivision is required. 

 Like Tetragnatha, this spider extends its legs in one line along 

 the twig or blade on which it rests. 



Habitat. South and North Carolina. 



A male was found in Alabama, corresponding with this in 

 every respect. He was bold, and moved with a ludicrous mo- 

 tion of his first pair of legs, which he waved to and fro, in 

 advancing towards the body which was extended against him. 



2. Epiblemum faustum. 



PI. 9, fig. 17. 



Deseription. Piceous ; cephalothorax with the margin and 

 two spots white ; abdomen with the base and four short lines 

 white ; feet, 1. 4. 3. 2. 



