June, 1896.] Banks : New California Spiders. 89 



Black Mt., Calif., Oct. 23, trap-door alongside of creek. Mr. R. 

 W. Doane, collector. 



Drassid^. 



Poecilochroa pacifica, sp. nov. 



Length 7 mm. Cephalothorax and legs reddish, latter darker toward tips ; man- 

 dibles red brown ; sternum reddish ; abdomen black, with a broad white stripe on 

 each side above, reaching from base to beyond middle, connected at middle ; some 

 indistinct pale chevrons above the black spinnerets ; venter black, with a large basal 

 area pale. Much resembling, at first sight, P. variegata, but different pattern on 

 abdomen, and pale anterior legs and mandibles; the dorsal groove longer and more 

 distinct ; the posterior row of eyes straight, or barely recurved, the P. M. E. more 

 than once their diameter apart ; the sternum broader. The epigynum shows a nearly 

 circular dark area, with a narrow transverse cavity in its posterior part. 



Univ. Campus; Nov. [R. W. Doane]. 



ACALENIDit. 



Agalena pacifica, sp. nov. 



l^ength 8-12 mm. Cephalothorax pale yellowish, seam black, a straight black 

 stripe eaoh side ; mandibles rather reddish ; sternum reddish or yellowish ; legs yel. 

 lowish, often with rather indistinct dark bands ; abdomen pale, with a black stripe 

 each side above, a curved line partly around the spinnerets, and a line on each side 

 of venter, black ; epigynum reddish. P. M. E. about their diameter apart, farther 

 from the P. S. E. ; A. M. E. hardly one-half their diameter apart, and as close to the 

 A. S. E. ; last joint of the superior spinnerets no longer than the penultimate. The 

 epigynum consists of a large rounded cavity, broader than long, opening behind into 

 a cavity that extends to the transverse groove. The male palpi are black, the tibia 

 much longer than broad, rather curved on the outer side, and has at base a double 

 projection, each branch with a rounded tip, and at its tip, on the under side, a short 

 straight projection ; the tarsus is not prolonged much beyond the bulb, there is a 

 short curved tube at tip of bulb, a curved plate on inner side toward base, and some 

 short pieces near the center. 



Palo Alto and Black Mt. ; Oct. and Nov. [R. W. Doane.]. 



Agalena californica, sp, nov. 



Length 7- 10 mm. Cephalothorax pale yellow, with a black seam, and a straight 

 black stripe each side; mandibles more reddish; sternum pale in middle, always 

 dark on sides ; legs pale, darker toward tip, and with many olack bands ; abdomen 

 thickly spotted with black, forming a stripe each side, two curved pale marks at base, 

 followed by pale spots ; venter with a black line each side, and black spots on middle. 

 Eyes similar to A. pacifica ; apical joint of superior spinnerets nearly twice as long 

 as penultimate ; epigynum shows a cavity much broader than long, and the anterior 

 margin at middle projecting backward. The tibia of the male palpus is about as 

 long as broad, with a cor cave hard piece on the outer side, the basal ridge of which 



