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round, fully diameter apart, about same distauce from the equal 

 P.S.E. ; A.M.E. much larger thau P.M.E., much less than 

 diameter apart, and much closer to the rather smaller A. S. E. 

 Mandibles rather long. Legs of moderate length, tibire I and II 

 with one spine below at middle and a pair at tip, these metatarsi 

 with a pair near the base; tarsi and metatarsi slightly scopulate; 

 one spine above on base of tibia III. Sternum narrowed in front, 

 pointed behind. Abdomen quite large, depressed, nearly twice as 

 long as broad, with some stiff black bail's at base; the epigynum 

 shows a broad area divided in front, and behind enclosing a trian- 

 gular septum. The tibia of male palpus shows on the outer side a 

 slender projection, the tip of which is slightly recurved. 



Length 9 10 mm., cj^ 8 mm. 



Several specimens from Mesilla Park (Cockerell). 

 Prosthesima blanda Banks. 



Prosthesima blanda Banks, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila., 1892, p. 18. 



Two specimens (one immature) from Albuquerque. Previously 

 known from Ithaca, N. Y., and Colorado. 



Drassodes robustus (Emcrton). 



Drassus robushis Emerton, Trans. Conn. Acad. Sci., VIII, p. 15 (1890). 

 Several specimens, none quite adult, from Albuquerque, also 

 Las Vegas, February. They agree with Colorado specimens, and 

 there is no probability that an adult would show a different vulva. 

 This species extends across the country from New Hampshire to 

 Washington. 



Foecilochroa montana Emerton. 



Pmeiloehroa montana Emerton, Trans. Conu. Acad. Sci., YIII, p. 11 

 (1890). 



One female from first Ruidoso camp. White IMountains, latter 

 half of July. A sub-boreal species, known from New Hamp- 

 shire, northei'n New York, Colorado and Washington. 

 Gnaphosa conspersa Thorcll. 



Gnaphosa conspersa Thorell, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., Ill, No. 2, 

 p. 489 (1877). 



One female from Beulah. 



Gnaphosa distincta Banks. 



Gnaphosa distincta Banks, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 3d Ser., Zool., Vol. 

 I, p. 222 (1898). 



Two specimens from the White IMountains appear to belong to 



