130 



[?, length 4 mm. ; cephalothorax 1.7 mm.; legs G.2, 3.5, 2.6, 4.3. 



Three light stripes on the cephalothorax are distinct on young speci- 

 mens, like the young male, P. rlparia (Fig. 1); in older ones the lateral 

 stripes are wanting, and the central one indistinct. The tarsi of the fourth 

 pair of legs are curved at the base, and furnished with calaniistra. 



Waverly, Mass., May 18, under a stone ; Maiden, Mass., H. L. Moody; 

 New Haven, Conn.; Providence, R. I. J. H. E.] 



2. Phillyra riparia. 

 PI. 14, fig. 17. 



Description. Whitish ; cephalothorax with two longitudinal, 

 brownish, narrow bands ; abdomen with an interrupted longi- 

 tudinal line and two lateral curved lines, blackish ; one tubercle 

 above near the middle on each side ; feet varied with blackish, 

 antepenultimate joint of the anterior pair with two tufts of bris- 

 tles. Markings of the female pale and indistinct. 



Observations. This was found on limestone rocks, on the 

 banks of Cypress Creek. It certainly differs from P. majn- 

 meata. 



Habitat. North Alabama, in moist ])laces. 



[PL 18, fig. 61, eyes ; fig. Ill, fore leg. Legs arranged 

 1. 4. 2. 3. Taken in March and April. Supplement.'\ 



Tetragnatha. Latr. 



Characters. Cheliceres long, serrated, or ivith prongs ; max- 

 illce parallel, very long, widening at the top, truncated; lip sub- 

 triangular, less than half the length of the maxilla' ; 2>^lpi long 

 and slender ; eyes eight, subequal, in two nearly parallel rows of 

 four each ; feet long and slender ; first pair longest, then the sec- 

 . ond, the third being the shortest. 



Habits. Araneides sedentary, forming a web composed of 

 spiral threads crossed by other threads departing from the cen- 

 tre, and abiding on the web with their legs extended longitudi- 

 nally. 



