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in East Florida, where it appears to be common. It is not an in- 

 habitant of the Northern States. 



Family 3. ARANEIDE.^. 



Althou"-h I have a considerable number of descriptions of 

 Aranckhs, which I think are new, yet, as I am not suflSciently 

 well acquainted with the species of this family, in their different 

 ages, prudential motives induce me to refrain from publishing 

 them until further investigation shall qualify me for the task. 



Order 4. M0N03IER0S0MATA. 

 Genus T.ROMBIDIUM. 



Body consisting of a thorax and head united and distinct from 

 the abdomen ; two anterior pairs of feet distant from the others ; 

 eyes pedunculated, lateral ; palpi with a moveable appendice be- 

 neath their tips. 



■1. T. SCABRUM. — Body ovate, broadest and very obtusely 

 rounded before, pale reddish, minutely scabrous, surface unequal, 

 with numerous [70] indentations, and with hardly percepti- 

 ble hairs ; thorax obtriangular, short : eyes white ; feet whitish. 



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In forests, on trees, &c. ; not uncommon. 



2. T. SERiCEUM. — Body oblong-subovate, broadest before, 

 narrowing behind, densely covered with short silken hair ; thorax 

 elongated, sublinear, slightly contracted before the middle, and 

 with a darker, central line above : eyes white, placed in a trans- 

 verse line ; feet paler, whitish. 



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Inhabits trees, in forests, under stones, &c., and is more com- 

 mon than the preceding. 



Genus ERYTHR.EUS Latr. 



Body without division, the two anterior pairs of feet not dis- 

 tant from the others; eyes two, sessile; palpi conic, chelate. 



E. MAMILLATUS. — Body ovate, granulated, reddish-yellow, 

 with a marginal impressed line, edge thickened, a robust, 

 obtusely conic, granulated spine on the anterior lateral edge, 

 before the middle of the disk two indented punctures, a 

 few distant hairs ; eyes approximated, whitish ; mandibles granu- 



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