﻿June, 1895 ] Banks. Spiders of Long Island, N. Y. 79 



Cesonia bilineata Hentz. — Under dead leaves, not uncommon. Sep- 

 tember. 



CLUBIONID.^. 



Clubiona pallens Hentz. — Quite common, under bark, among dead 



leaves. October, December. 

 Clubiona riparia Koch. (C. or/iafa Em., Preoccupied. C. Ameri- 

 cana Banks.) — Not common, under bark. December. 

 Clubiona minuta Em. (C pygmcea Banks.) — A few specimens, 



swept from bushes. July. 

 Clubiona abbotti Koch. — Common, hiding in leaves or crevices of 



bark. July, August. 

 Clubiona tibialis Em. — Recorded by Emerton from Long Island. 

 Clubiona littoralis, sp. nov. 



Length 6-9 mm. Cephalothorax red brown gradually growing paler behind; 

 mandibles, maxillae and lip dark red brown ; legs pale yellowish ; sternum yellowish, 

 darker in front ; abdomen yellowish ; frequently blackened near the tip, sometimes 

 indications of a basal spear-mark, abdomen and legs black haired. Cephalothorax 

 very broad in front, a little more than once and a half as long as broad, eye-rows 

 fully two-thirds as broad as head, the posterior broader than the anterior and pro 

 curved; the P. M. E. further from each other than from the P. S. E.; the anterior 

 row almost on the margin, the A. M. E. larger than the other eyes and less than their 

 diameter apart. The mandibles are large, very convex above and projecting for- 

 ward, the ridge at base on outside quite short ; sternum narrow, bluntly pointed be- 

 hind ; legs moderate, slender, fourth pair much the longest, at least two spines be- 

 neath on all the tibiae ; abdomen about twice as long as broad, in the $ not much 

 longer than the cephalothorax. The epigynum projects behind in an emarginate 

 lobe, the surface above is transversely striate and shows beneath on each side two 

 oval bodies, one reddish and one nearly black. The male palpi are small, the patella 

 is as long as the tibia and has a distinct tooth at its apex on the inner side ; the tibia 

 has a broad, curved, plate-like projection which is notched on the outside, it does not 

 extend over the tarsus, and is truncate at tip and with a rounded tooth toward the 

 inner side ; the tarsus is about twice as long as wide, seen from the side there is near 

 the tip a prominent projection with two teeth on the upper side, the tube is stout and 

 curved around the tip of the palpal organ. 



Many specimens from salt-marshes near Sea Cliff, N. Y. June. 

 Koch has described a Clubiona maritima from St. Thomas, but it 

 has no special relation to this species. 

 Clubiona crassipalpis Keys — Rare, under damp leaves near Sea 



Cliff, and in Black Swamp, Roslyn. December. 

 Clubiona pusilla Em. — One specimen, probably this species. Oc- 

 tober. 



