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yeliow, Fpotted with iiregular black dots ; tlie discal ends of the joints somewhat 

 thickened and darker coloied ; all legs with a fine and rather long pubescence. No 

 spines. Calamistrum of metatarsus IV short and consisting of long but slender hairs. 

 Male.— Cepha'.x, long 4. Abdomen 6 mm. Palpi as long as abdomen. 



Ley 



Cepha'.x and abdomen like in the female in form and color, trophi also. 

 Palpi long, tibial joint with an elbow at base ; tarsal joint short, club-shaped ; at its 

 underside near the tip, a long spiral bulbus, thick at the base and drawn out in a 

 slender point, hanging free from the palpal tarsus. Legs longer and much thinner 

 than in the female. 



EXPLANA HON OF THE PLA TE. 

 Fig. I. — Dorsal aspect of a female, much enlarged. 



2. — Clypcus with the arrangement of the eyes. Mandibles. 



3. — Lateral view of Cepha'.x showing the dorsal depression and the vertical posi- 

 tion of the coxre. 



4. —Sternal side of Cepha'x. 



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— Maxilla and labium showing insertion of labial palpus. 



— Ventral aspect of abdomen. 



— Spinnerets and cribellum. 



— Male palpus. 



— Genital part of the same from the other side. 



— Claw of female palpus. 



— Claws of first pair of legs. 



— Calamistrum. 



— An enlarged female. 



Zeuzera pyrina, Fabr. and Z. Canadensis, Herr.-Sch. 

 By E. L. Gr.\ef. 



From my friend INIr. Angelmann I received two males of the genus 

 Zeuzera Latr. , and as I had not heard of the capture of Z. pyi-ina in 

 the United States and not knowing Herrich-Schafer's species Z. cana- 

 densis I concluded it was the last named. On comparing it with my 

 specimens of the European Z. pyrina I at once once concluded it to 

 be that species. 



I have yet to compare the females but the males differ in nothing 

 that I can discover. Whether this species is one of the many introduced 

 into this country or whether it is an indigenous species is difficult to 

 determine. In my long e.xperience in field collecting I have never 



