the Family Ciniflonide. 447 
Dictyna bostoniensis, new sp. 
Pi. TX, FIGURES 3 TO 3d. 
This is a rather large species, measuring 4"™™ or more in length, 
but the cephalothorax is small and the abdomen much larger than 
in most species. The legs are whitish. The cephalothorax of the 
female is the same color in the middle, but darker and streaked 
with radiating brown lines on the sides. The abdomen is white 
with gray or black markings. PI. rx, figs. 34, 3c, 3d. In the mid- 
dle of the front half of the abdomen is an irregular dark stripe 
extending over the first and second segments. Behind this are two 
rows of irregular spots, about one-third the width of the abdomen 
apart. The sides are marked by a few dark spots in broken ob- 
lique lines. The sternum and under side of the abdomen are white, 
with a few irregular dark spots. The spider resembles a piece of 
bird dung. 
The cephalothorax of the male is larger and darker colored. 
The male palpi are short and slender. The tibia is short and as 
wide at the distal end as it is long. The two-spined process is short 
and on the outer side. The tarsus and palpal organ are small. 
Pi. 1x, fig. 3a. 
In 1873, this spider lived in great numbers on the iron fence 
around the public garden in Boston, making webs in corners, with 
an open tube in which the spider stood. Single specimens were 
found in Beverly and Brookline. In 1886, it was rare on the pub- 
lic garden, but common on the fences of the Back Bay park on 
Beacon street. I have not found it in other parts of New England. 
Dictyna minuta, new sp. 
Pu. IX, FIGURES 5, 5a. 
About 2™" long. The markings are like those of D. muraria, 
but the colors are lighter and redder than in that species, and the 
only two specimens are much smaller. 
The legs are very light brownish yellow, darker toward the 
base. The sternum and labium are reddish brown, and both are 
large and wide in proportion to the size of the spider. 
The tibia of the male palpus is about twice as long as the pa- 
tella, and nearly straight. The two-spined process is short and 
turned slightly forward. The spines are large and black. The 
point of the palpal organ is long and slender and twisted loosely. 
In both specimens it reaches backward half the length of the tibia. 
Pl. rx, figs. 5, 5a. 
Two specimens only, from Hamden, Conn., and Providence, R. I. 
