June, iSge.] BaNKS : NeW CALIFORNIA SpIDERS. 91 



on edge and margined with silvery ; sides finely striped with black ; venter with a 

 broad black stripe, narrowed toward tip, then widened to surround the dark spinner- 

 ets. A. M. E. more than their diameter apart, P. M. E. about their diameter apart, 

 much farther from the S. E. ; first pair of legs much the longest, three spines above 

 on femur IV ; abdomen elliptical ; the epigynum shows a dark transverse area, three 

 times as wide as long, and behind with a small projection from the middle. 



Palo Alto, Calif. ; Oct. and Nov. [R. W. Doane] ; also Olympia, 

 Wash. 



Misumenacalifornica, sp. nov. 



Length 7 mm. Cephalothorax brownish, with a broad white middle stripe ; 

 mandibles white, brownish at base ; sternum and legs pale yellowish ; abdomen 

 rather dirty whitish, with indistinct veinings and some black dots near center ; venter 

 pale, sometimes with a few black spots in middle. Cephalothorax as broad as long, 

 equal to tibia I ; P. M. E. a trifle further apart, but no larger than A. M. E. ; legs 

 thickly clothed with stiff bristles, four or five pairs of spines under tibia I, six or seven 

 under metatarsus I; sternum not broad; abdomen broadest behind middle, quite 

 high, pointed at tip ; the epigynum shows a semi-circular cavity, divided by a narrow 

 septum, and two holes behind. 



Los Angeles, California, [A. Davidson]. 



Misumena pictilis, sp. nov. 



Length 5 mm. Cephalothorax greenish yellow, black on anterior side margin, 

 three black dots on each side in a straight row behind the P. S. E., eyes on white 

 spots ; mandibles greenish, each with a black point ; legs greenish yellow, with some 

 scattered black dots on the anterior pairs ; sternum yellowish ; abdomen greenish 

 white, with a large reddish brown spot above, narrower in front, pointed behind, 

 outlined by black dots and some others scattered in it, two large white spots near 

 base and a series of double white spots behind ; venter pale. Cephalothorax as 

 broad as long, shorter than tibia I ; P. >L E. barely further apart, and hardly larger 

 than A. M. E. ; legs slender, spines long, lour pairs under tibia I, five or six under 

 metatarsus I ; sternum shield shaped ; abdomen broadest behind the middle ; the 

 epigynum shows a rounded cavity, broader than long, divided by a rather broad sep- 

 tum, which is widened near the middle. 



Palo Alto, California. [Stanford University Coll.]. 



