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peus brown, rather whitish in middle; tawny hairs over and between A. M. E. 

 Femur III in front with several transverse curved black bars, not swollen at tip; 

 patella 111 triangular, in front with many brown dots; tibia III with an oblique 

 black line above, a broad pale stripe below this, and rest of front blackish. Male 

 palpus has white hairs on outside of tarsus; a small curved hook at tip of tibia. 

 Length, 4 mm. 



One male from San Diego, California. 



Pellenes tarsalis, new species. 



Cephalothorax black on eye-region, a median black stripe behind, white each 

 side, lower sides of cephalic part with white hair, blackish behind on lower sides. 

 Abdomen black, two white dots over spinnerets, two white chevrons in front of these, 

 and then a double row of (not very plain) dots to base; sides white ; venter pale, 

 with three black patches, two behind lung-slits, one at tip. Sternum and coxce pale 

 yellowish. Clypeus and mandibles white. Legs pale yellowish ; femur I with a 

 black stripe above, many black hairs above on patella and base of tibia I, white 

 fringes on sides of tibia I ; tarsus I jet black ; a dense white brush under femora I 

 and II outside near tip ; a black spot at tips of femora III and IV ; patella III sim- 

 ple. Male palpus white on outside. Length, 5 mm. 



One male from San Pedro, California. Readily known by black 

 tarsus I. 



Pellenes arizonensis, new species. 



Cephalothorax dark in eye-region and there clothed with golden scales ; black 

 stripe behind in middle, and white each side ; lower margin broadly white, connected 

 to white clypeus, which has a dense brush of yellowish-white scales in middle, above 

 it are the 8 white bristles. Mandibles dark, clothed with long white hair, and 

 shorter yellowish scales. Red hair around eyes of first row and above them is a 

 broad red band. Abdomen pale yellow with a broad black stripe each side uniting 

 over the spinnerets ; venter black beyond lung-slits. Legs pale-yellow ; all with 

 many long white hairs ; a brush of long black hair under femur, patella, and tibia I, 

 not as long as P. hirsutus ; fringe above tibia I black at base, nearly white at tip ; 

 white fringe above patella I ; a brown mark at base of tibia IV ; patellce III unmod- 

 ified. Male palpus with patella and femur white ; tibia has a strong, -straight projec- 

 tion. Length, 5 mm. 



One male from Arizona (Townsend). 



Pellenes klauseri Peckham. 



Males agreeing with the description have the patellar III enlarged on style of 

 P. peregriniis P., the projection is more curved and larger, and on internal face there 

 are two black spots below and a subapical blackish line, no stripe above. The an- 

 terior face of the tibia III shows a dark line above. The femur is humped at tip. 

 Femur I has an oblique ridge of erect scales on upper inner side toward tip ; and on 

 under side near tip is a dense brush, whitish inside, blackish outside ; tibia I has two 

 rows of long white scales below, between the rows is a smooth space with the spines. 



Males from Denver and Ft. Collins, Colo. Females from the 



