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Anyphaena gracilis Heutz. (A. rubra Em.) — Not common. Oc- 

 tober. Hibernates under loose bark. 



Gayenna fraterna Banks. — One male, Harbor Hill, Roslyn, swept 

 from grass. May. 



Gayenna celer Hentz. {^Anyphcena incerta Keys.) — Common in 

 fields, and under leaves. September, October. 



Gayenna calcarata Em. — Only one male. 



Gayenna saltabunda Hentz. — Not common, in old fields. Sep- 

 tember. 



Thargalia descriptus Hentz — A few specimens. July. 



Thargalia longipalpis Hentz. — Under dead leaves in dry places. 

 August. 



Thargalia trilineata Hentz. — In sandy places, under dead leaves. 

 July, August. 



Thargalia bivittata Keys. — One young specimen, under leaves in 

 woods. May. 



Agroeca pratensis Em. — Common in fields, under leaves in woods, 

 etc. September. October. 



Agroeca ornata Banks. (A. repens Em.) — One female, under 

 leaves. May. 



Agroeca minuta, sp. nov. 



Length 9 3.8 mm. Cephalothorax pale yellowish, sides above with blackish 

 markings almost forming a stripe, marginal seam distinctly black, mandibles slightly 

 greenish, sternum yellowish, anterior femora, patellae and tiblK greenish, rest paler, 

 posterior femora greenish, tibiae and metatarsi with not very distinct brown bands at 

 bases and tips. Abdomen pale, with a large brown herring bone mark above, sides 

 thickly spotted with brown, three rows of brown spots on venter meeting in front of 

 spinnerets. Cephalothorax as usual, perhaps a little broader than in the other 

 species ; P. M. E. fully their diameter apart, the eyes of anterior row plainly smaller 

 than those of the posterior row, and the A. M. E. close together and smaller than 

 the A. S. E. Femur I with two spines above and one in front, tibia and metatarsus 

 each with but two pairs beneath. Sternum and abdomen of the usual form. The 

 epigynum is divided by a slender median piece which is contracted in the middle and 

 expanded somewhat before tip ; the tip rests in a sliort furrow, each side of the 

 median piece is a curved reddish body. 



Two specimens under leaves m a damp woods near Sea Cliff, 

 N. Y., May. 



Easily separated from either of the other forms by its small size, 

 banded posterior legs and peculiar epigynum. 



