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Family Aviculariid.e. 



Eurypelma hentzi Girard. 



Mygale hentzii Girard. Marcy's Expl. Red Riv. of La., 1852, p. 251. 



Not uncommon in the southern part of the state. One specimen from Bar- 

 ber county, December 7. 



Family DicxYNiDiE. 

 Dictyna foliacea Hentz. 



Theridion foliaceum Ilentz. Jour. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., VI, 1850, p. 277. 

 Several specimens from Wild Cat creek. May 9. Common in the woods 

 during the spring and early summer. Cocoons found in May. 



Dictyna volucripes Keyserling. 



Dictyna volucripes Keyser. Neu. Spin, aus Am., Ill, 1881, p. 28G. 



Specimens from Delphos, June 30; Hays, July 11; Waconda, August 25 

 Very common on bushes and grass in midsummer. 

 Amaurobius americanus Emerton. 



Titanceca americana Emerton. Trans. Conn. Acad., VII, 1888, p. 453. 



One specimen from Manhattan, March 30, and three from Wallace, July 



16. 



Family Thomisid>e. 



Misumena aleatoria Hentz. 



Thomieus aleatorius Hentz. Jour. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.. V, 1845, p. 444. 

 A half dozen males and females from Manhattan, August 17. Not so com- 

 mon as M. asperata. 

 Misumena asperata Hentz. 



Thomisus asperatus Hentz. Jour. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., V, 1845, p. 447. 

 Taken at Manhattan, Hays, Stockton, and Wallace. Common on flowers 

 everywhere throughout the summer. The color varies with that of the 

 flower, ranging from whitish to red or yellow. 

 Synfpma parvula Hentz. 



Thomisus parvulus Hentz. Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., V, 1845, p. 447. 

 This species was taken in considerable number at Manhattan, September 

 25. 

 Tibellus oblongus Walck. 



Philodromus oblongus Walck. Ins. Apt., I, 1837-'47, p. 558. 



Common on grass in late summer. Specimens collected at Manhattan, 

 September 25. 

 Philodromus vulgaris Hentz. 



Thomisus vulgaris Hentz. Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., V, 1845, p. 444. 

 Plentiful under bark in winter. Specimens taken also on August 28 at 

 Stockton and at Manhattan in September. 

 Tmarus angulatus Walck. 



Thomisus angulatus Walck. Ins. Apt., I, 1837- '47, p. 5.37. 

 A single immature female from Manhattan, October 3. 

 Xysticus stomachosus Keyser. 



Xysticus stomachosus Keyserling. Die Spin. Am., I, 1880, p. 7. 

 Two females from Manhattan, April 18. 

 Xysticus versicolor Keyser. 



Coriarachne versicolor Keyser. Die Spin. Am., I, 1880, p. 53. 

 Two females from Manhattan, May 25. 



