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[?, length 5.2 mm.; cephalotliorux 2.6 mm.; legs 8.6, 7.1, 6, 8.4. 

 d, " 5.8 mm.; " 2.7 mm.; legs 9, 7.3, 5.7, 8.2, 



PI. 21, fig. 16, palpus of d". 



Salem, Mass., June 16, under a stone wifh web; Aug. 26, young; West 

 Roxbury, Mass., June 21, d*, F. G. Sanborn; Providence, R, I.; New 

 Haven, Conn. ; Indianapolis, Ind. J. H. E.] 



4. Theridion boreale. 



PI. 16, fig. 4. 



Description. Piceous ; abdomen with a whitish band ante- 

 riorly, connected with a longitudinal paler one, and with four 

 impressed dots, two more visible than the others. Palpi of 

 the male enormous, as in the plate ; feet 1. 4. 2. 3. 



Observations. This spider makes its web in darker places 

 than Th. vulgare, near a crack or crevice, in which it commonly 

 remains concealed. It also makes its web in the crevices of 

 decaying trees. It is not rare. 



Habitat. The United States. 



[The pale lines on the abdomen make an anchor-shaped 

 marking. Taken in Boston, Mass., and Alabama. Supple- 

 ment.~\ 



[?, length 6.5 mm.; cephalothorax 2.5 mm. ; legs 9.5, 7,3, 5.7, 8.4, 

 d, '' 6 mm.; " 2,6 mm.; legs 10, 7.7, 6.2, 8.2, 



PI. 21, fig. 13, palpus of c?, 



Salem, Mass., d and ? under leaves, and in houses in winter; Provi- 

 dence, R. I., May 21, cf and ? in copulation on a fence; May 24, large ? 

 under a stone, with an irregular web ; Eastport, Me.; Portland, Me. (Mer- 

 edith Village, N. H., ? ; Ann Arbor, Mich., cf, ? ; Racine, Wise, e, ? ; 

 Ohio, cf, ?. Wm, Holden.) j. h, k,] 



5. Theridion studiosum. 



PI. 16, fig. 5. 



Description. Greenish brown ; abdomen above with two 

 scalloped yellowish lines, beneath with some yellow spots ; feet 

 wdth o;reenish rings ; feet 1. 4. 2. 3. 



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