90 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. iv. 



is rather prominent ; at the tip on the under side is a curved projection ; on the inner 

 side of bulb is a long pointed piece, and near the tip is a short, stout tube. 



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

 Tegenaria californica, sp. nov. 



Length 3.5 to 4 mm. Cephalothorax pale, with a black margin, dark spots on 

 the radial furrows, a larger one over the dorsal groove, which gives off branches, the 

 narrower pair curve to the P. S. E., the broader pair extend to the P. M. E.; eyes on 

 black spots ; mandibles testaceous, sternum blackish ; abdomen black, with white 

 spots, mostly near base, and some narrow chevrons near tip; venter spotted, the 

 spinnerets black ; legs pale, four marks on underside of femora, one on patellse, three 

 on tibire, two or three on metatarsi. Cephalothorax low, moderately broad ; anterior 

 row of eyes straight, A. M. E. smaller than others, hardly one-half their diameter 

 apart, piosterior row procurved, the P. M. E. fully their diameter apart, and as far from 

 the equal P. S. E.; sternum broad, pointed between hind coxse, sides rounded ; legs 

 long, with scattered slender spines and hairs; abdomen nearly twice as long as 

 broad, pointed behind. The epigynum shows two oblong dark marks, reddish and 

 separated at base, black and united at tip. The tibia of the male palpus has a furrow 

 at base, with a ridge each side, and a small projection at tip ; tarsus very large, al- 

 most globose, with a slender tip, half as long as the main part, the bulb is circular, 

 not much convex, with a stout, short, curved tube from centre, and a hyaline sheath. 



Black Mt. and Univ. Campus; under boards, etc., Nov. [R. W. 

 Doanc]. 



Epeirid.«. 

 Epeira excelsa, sp. nov. 



Length J 7 mm.; abdomen 5 mm. wide at base. Cephalothorax and legs pale 

 yellow or brownish-yellow, usually without markings except bands at tips of metatarsi 

 and hind tibire ; sternum brown ; abdomen brown or yellowish, a pale yellow band 

 connecting the two basal humps, beyond sometimes with two blackish spots; venter 

 dark in middle, with an indistinct yellowish mark each side. A. M. E. twice their 

 diameter apart, P. M. E., fully once their diameter apart, scarcely larger than the 

 A. M. E.; cephalothorax clothed with whitish hair ; legs with many spines ; sternum 

 triangular, broader than long, abdomen broader than long, with a large conical hump 

 each side aoove, rounded at tip. The epigynum has a short stout finger lying across 

 a transverse area, the finger reaching but little beyond the furrow. 



Palo Alto, Calif., May. [R. W. Doane]. 



Zilla californica, sp. nov. 



Length J 7 mm., ceph. 3.3 mm. long, 2.5 mm. broad, tibia I 3.5 mm The 

 cephalothorax is whitish, marginal seam black, a large triangular black spot over the 

 pars cephalica, somewhat ragged around dorsal groove, extending down on clypeus 

 and on red-brown mandibles, sometimes showing darker middle and side-lines ; ster- 

 num pale, broadly margined on the sides with black; legs pale, with black bands at 

 middle and tip of femora, tip of patellse, middle and tip of tibice, and less distinct be- 

 yond ; abdomen grayish, with a broad folium, rather silvery near the middle, black 



