1901.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. •'JSl 



Microneta soltaui n. sp. 



Cephalothorax and legs yellowish, the mandibles and sternum 

 often more brownish, eyes on black spots, femora of male more 

 reddish; the abdomen is gray above and below, spinnerets yellow- 

 ish. Posterior eye-row is slightly procurved, P.M.E. about 

 diameter apart, rather closer to the equal P.S.E. ; A.M.E. 

 small, close together, much farther from the much larger A.S.E. 

 which are some larger than the P.S.E. to which they are closely 

 approximated; quadrangle of M. E. much higher than broad, 

 broader behind than in front. Mandibles divergent, no teeth in 

 front. Tibia of male palpus swollen below, above, as well as the 

 patella tipped with several strong hairs; tarsus broad, rather angu- 

 lar above near base; the palpal organ broadest near tip; a dark piece 

 extending across the base, close to the surface, tapering and 

 twisted, but little curved; a large and prominent hook on inner 

 face, curved and twisted at the tip where it is bifid. The epi- 

 gynum is prominent and triangular in form, with a small median 

 finger behind. 



Length cJ' 2.4 mm.; $2.8 mm. 



Several specimens from Albuquei'que (Soltau). 



TETRAGNATHIDu^. 

 Tetragnatha extensa (LimiC). 



Aranea extensa Linue, Syst. Nat., Ed. XII, p. 021 (1767). 

 One pair from Beulah, and a male from the White jNIountains, 

 Eagle creek camp, third week in August. 



Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz. 



Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, Jour. Bost. Soc. N. H., VI, p. 27 (1850). 

 Several specimens from Las Cruces ; one from one-half mile 

 below first Ruidoso camp, August 4, by sweeping. 



Eugnatha pallida Banks. 



Tetragnatha pallida Banks, Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila. , 1892, p. 51. 

 One male from Beulah. 



EPEIRIDiE. 



Argiope transversa Emerton. 



Argiope transversa Emer., Trans. Conn. Acad., VI, p. 330, 1884. 

 Epeira fasciata Hentz, Jour. Bost. Soc. N. H., V, p. 468 (1847). 



One fine specimen from Las Vegas, September (Miss Ada 

 Springer). 



