﻿June, 1895.] Banks. Spiders of Long Island, N. Y. 81 



Phrurolithus alarius Hcntz. — Under dead leaves in woods, under 



stones, etc. Common. 

 Phrurolithus similis, sp. nov. 



Lengtli 2 mm. The cephalothorax is brown, with a black spot Ijchiml eye-region 

 sending three line lines forward and several to the sides ; the palpi are dark brown 

 the le^s pale yellow, each femur with a black stripe on the anterior and one on the 

 posterior side ; on the anterior femur they almost cover the joint ; a black line under 

 the posterior tibice and metatarsi ; the sternum light brown, broad, triangular ; the 

 venter pale brown at base, whitish in middle and black toward spinnerets, black 

 above, shining, sometimes a pair of indistinct pale spots at extreme base. The male 

 palpi are short, the femur with a prominent projection near base tipped with stiff 

 hairs ; the tibial hook is very broad at base, with a long curved outer projection and 

 an inner very short truncate one ; the bulb has a very stout tube. 



In old fields ; September and October. This species has much re- 

 semblance to P. pugnattis, but is much darker, the legs lined with black, 

 the inner projection of the tibial hook very short (long in P. pugnati/s), 

 while the outer one is more curved than in that species. 

 Phrurolithus formica, sp. nov. 



Lenghth 2. 1 mm. Cephalothorax red brown, with a black spot behind head; 

 legs dark yellow brown, the femora sometimes showing traces of a darker stripe ; 

 sternum yellowish, margined with black ; venter brown at base, pale in middle, black 

 at lip ; shining black above. The male palpi short ; the projection of the femur is a 

 the middle of joint (not nearer base), with some stiff black hairs projecting toward 

 the apex of femur ; tibial hook very much swollen on inner side and crenate, the outer 

 projection stout comparatively short and very taper pointed ; the tube of bulb very 

 slender. 



Heavier than the preceding species, and the palpus twice as large, 

 without an inner projection to tibial hook. Quite common in the nests 

 of some black ants. December. 

 Trachelas tranguilla Hentz. — Very common. August, September, 



October. 

 Meriola, gen. nov. 



Related to Trachelas, but the posterior row of eyes is barely recurved, and 

 scarcely longer than the anterior row. The cephalothorax is not quite as much nar 

 rowed in front as in Trac/ielas. The mandibles are large and stout, with two teeth 

 below on posterior margin. The legs are like Trachelas and without spines, but 

 scantily clothed on the underside of metatarsus and tarsus with serrated hairs. The 

 cephalothorax is shining like Trachelas. 



Meriola decepta, sp. nov. 



Length 4 mm. Cephalothorax, mandibles and sternum dark red brown, like 

 Trachelas tranquilla ; legs pale yellowish, anterior pairs reddish toward base. Ab- 

 domen pale, black on sides ; a narrow median black stripe above, connected behind 



