ARACHNIDA 69 



small; lower finger with a minute stylet near tip. Palpi large, stout; 

 femur broadest near base, convex on inner side near base ; tibia about 

 equal to femur, convex each side ; hand stout, tapering each side to 

 the fingers, which are much shoiter than the hand. The trochantins 

 show plainly in all legs. Abdomen elongate, nearly three times as 

 long as cephalothorax, the scutse entire ; body and appendages spar- 

 ingly clothed with simple hairs. 



Seventeen specimens from Albemarle in January and February. 



CHELANOPS NIGRIMANUS sp. nov. 



(PI. II, fig. 6.) 

 Length 2.9 mm. 



Cephalothorax nearly black; palpi dark red-brown, black on hand, 

 nearly so on base of femur and middle of tibia ; legs pale greenish 

 brown ; abdominal scutae reddish brown. Cephalothorax much taper- 

 ing in front, with an eye-spot on each side ; palpi moderately long ; 

 femur subcylindric, about as long as cephalothorax is broad in middle; 

 tibia fully as long as femur, long pedicellate, inner margin slightly 

 concave before tip ; hand nearly twice as broad as femur, rounded at 

 base, tapering each side to fingers, which ai'e plainly, though not 

 greatly, shorter than the hand, and slightly curved ; on the trochanter, 

 femur and tibia the hairs are short and thick, but not plainly clavate ; 

 similar hairs border the abdominal scutge. 



One specimen from Albemarle in March. 



SOLPUGIDA. 



AMMOTRECHA SOLITARIA sp. nov. 



(PI-i, fig. 5-) 



Length, without mandibles, 10 mm. 



Cephalothorax uniform dull brown ; mandibles brown above ; fin- 

 gers red-brown ; legs and palpi pale yellowish, the femora, tibiae and 

 base of metatarsi of hind pairs blackish brown ; abdomen uniform 

 dull brown above, paler beneath. Cephalothorax with a median fur- 

 row, eye-tubercle slightly elevated ; eyes scarcely their diameter apart ; 

 palpi short and slender, the tibia equal to femur, the metatarsus one- 

 half the length of the tibia, the tarsus two-thirds the length of the 

 metatarsus. The movable finger of the mandibles has two large teeth, 

 and one small tooth at the base of the first large one ; the upper 

 finger has three small teeth, then a large one with a small one on its 

 outer base, then two rather small teeth; there is a small ridge above 

 on the fingrer. 



