112 Journal New York. Entomological Society. [Voi. xii. 



venter ; this perhaps refers to the present species which has the marks 

 on abdomen somewhat similar ; the E. mormon from Utah, however, 

 has a different epigynum, differently marked legs, and belongs to a 

 different section of the genus. 



Xysticus texanus, new species. 



Cephalothorax pale yellowish in middle, with a narrow median brown line ; eye- 

 region dusky ; a broad rich brown stripe covering the entire sides, unbroken by any 

 markings ; mandibles pale yellowish, legs pale yellowish, tibia I jet black, a little black 

 on tip of patella, and tibia 1 1 blackish ; a pale line above on tibice I and II, rest of legs 

 wholly pale and unmarked, sternum and venter pale, abdomen dark grayish-brown 

 above, more blackish around edges, in basal part are two white spots, and behind are 

 several whitish transverse lines. Cephalothorax broad and heavy; quadrangle of j\l. 

 E. plainly broader than high, A. M. E. rather farther apart than to much larger A. S. 

 E.. P. M. E. as close to each other as to larger P. .S. E. Anterior legs rather short 

 and heavy, tibia I with 5-5 spines below, metatarsus I with 4-4 or 5-5 spines below, 

 all spines short. Length, 5 mm. 



One specimen from San Antonio, Texas. 



Readily separated by black front tibiae and uniform dark sides of 

 cephalothorax. 



Misumessus, new genus. 



A Thomisid allied to Misiimena, but differing in having large and prominent 

 spines on femora I and II, and above on tibia? I and II ; cephalothorax and abdomen 

 more spiny than in Misumena. It differs from Dicva in having the tubercles of S. 

 E. joined by a rounded ridge, and in that the P. S. E. are not larger than the P. ^L E. 



Type. — M. ohlonga Keys. 



Includes also yl/. asperata Hentz, M. viridans Bks., M. bellula Bks., 

 M. pic tills Bks , and the following. 



Misumessus pallidulus, new species. 



Cephalothorax grayish on sides, whitish in middle. Abdomen white, with three 

 pairs of small irregular black marks behind, legs, sternum and venter whitish. Cephal- 

 othorax and abdomen with many erect spines, one below each P. S. E. is very large, 

 six on clypeal margin, two large ones on mandibles in front ; about 3 or 4 large ones 

 on femora I ;' two above on tibia; I and II ; four pairs below tibia; I and II ; six pairs 

 below metatarsi I and II ; besides these large spines, the legs have many small spines 

 or stift" bristles. Length, 4.5 mm. 



San Francisco, Calif. Differs from /!/. pictilis in markings of 

 abdomen, and more spiny cephalothorax and legs. 



Tmarus minutus, new species. 



Cephalothorax reddish, in female unmarked, in male with three pale lines con- 

 verging behind, one median and one each side from P. S. E.; S. E. on large white 

 tubercles. Mandibles reddish ; abdomen of female reddish, unmarked ; ofmaleyel- 



