SPIDERS OF THE FAMILY ATTIDAE FROM AMES 225 



There is a single female of this species in tlie collection. It 

 was collected by Professor Gillette and identified by Banks in 

 1891. The distribution is given as the United States. 



Fhidippus insolens Hentz 1845. 



The collection contains but a single female if this species. It 

 is 10.5 millimetres in length. The cephalothorax is dark brown, 

 almost black in the eye region, when in alcohol. The fresh 

 specimen has a thick covering of golden hairs over the entire 

 ocnlar quadrangle. There is also a sparse ^;eattering of long- 

 whitish hairs covering the entire cephalothorax. The sternum 

 and mouth parts are dark brown. The abdonicn has a narrow 

 white basal band on the dorsal side. About midway a^ong its 

 length there is an indistinct, oblique white bar on each side. On 

 the posterior end are several pairs of indistinct white spots. 

 The entire dorsal aspect of the abdomen is covered with short 

 golden hairs among, which there is a scattering of long white and 

 brown ones. The ventral side of the abdomen is snow-white and 

 covered with short, bristly hairs. A i)air of |,arallel dark lines 

 run the length of the ventral side. The Ic-is .ire a dark reddish 

 brown and are thickly covered with Icng white hairs. On the 

 upper side of the femur of the first pair of Ics there is a fringe 

 of black hairs. 



This species is given by Comstock as a southern spe:ies and 



w-as reported in 1889 by Peckham from Georgia, Florid 1 a'^1 



Colorado, and in 1900 from Long Island. A specimen collected 



at Ames and identified (1891) by Banks as P. mystaceoiis the 



writer has been unable to associate with other than P. insolens. 



Phidippus podoijrosHS Ilentz 1846. 

 There is but a single female of this s])ejies in the collection. 

 It measures ten millimeters in lengt'i. The markings are some- 

 what faded. The general color is light brown with black and 

 white markings. The cephalothorax is covered with redtlish 

 brown hairs and the clypeus has a rather dense covering of white 

 hairs. The margin of the cephalothorax is black. Dorsally the 

 abdomen has a white basal band, and on the iiosterior half there 

 are two longitudinal hlack bands on which are four pairs of white 

 spots. The ventral side of the abdomen has a pair of parallel 

 dark stripes running its length. There is a coveriuj- of variously 

 CG:ored hairs over the entire abdomen. The le s are light brown, 

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