454 J. H. Emerton—New England Spiders of 
the last two joints a little stouter than in 7. americana. In both 
species the palpi are very spiny at the end, though the spines are 
concealed by hairs. I have found this species three times under 
leaves in woods near New Haven, Conn. 
Uloborine Thorell. 
These spiders have been classed by most authors among the 
E/peiride on account of their resemblance to Tetragnatha, and espe- 
cially on account of their round, or at least radiate, webs. The 
arrangement of the eyes, the mouth parts, and the trachez are all 
different from the Epeiride. The spinning organs include the eri- 
bellum and calamistrum, like the other Ciniflonide, and the cross- 
threads of the webs are partly made of curly threads spun by the 
calamistrum and not covered with a liquid in drops like the webs of 
Epeiride. cs 
The adhesive thread of these spiders is not made separately and 
attached to old threads as it is by Amaurobius and Dictyna, but 
both threads are spun at the same time. PI. x1, figs. 27, 27 show 
both sides of a piece of the cross-threads of the web of Hyptiotes. 
Uloborus Latreille. Véeleda, Blackwall. Phillyra, Hentz. 
Uloborus plumipes Lucas = Phillyra ripaira, Hentz. 
Pu. XI, FIGURES 1 TO lf. 
The female is about 5™™" long. Cephalothorax 1:5"™. The cephalo- 
thorax is flat in front, and extends forward in the middle beyond the 
mandibles. Behind it is wide and swelled up on each side, where 
the abdomen hangs over it. Pl. x1, fig. 16. 
The abdomen is narrow and slightly notched in front and extends 
over the cephalothorax a quarter of its length. The abdomen is 
widest and highest ‘a third of its length from the front, and at this 
point has a pair of humps. 
The colors are very variable. A dark, plainly marked female has 
the femur and patella of the front legs dark brown or nearly black, 
and the tibia dark brown, except a white ring at the base; at the 
end of the tibia is a brush of coarse, dark brown hairs. The tarsus 
and metatarsus are white. In lighter individuals the color of the 
femur or tibia may be broken by a white ring near the middle. The 
other legs have femur, tibia and metatarsus dark brown, divided 
near the middle by a white ring. Patella and tarsus brown, lighter 
at the ends. The cephalothorax is dark brown with a narrow, indis- 
