182 J. H. Emerton, 
The nest is usually near the ground under a stone or in a hole 
in the sod. The web extends among surrounding objects sometimes 
for a foot from the nest in all directions. It consists mainly of large 
irregular meshes, but includes usually a distinct flat or curved sheet 
of smaller meshes like the webs of Steatoda or Pholcus. The cocoons 
are half on inch in diameter brownish white in color. 
This species is found all over the country as far west as the Rocky 
Mountains and north to southern New Hampshire. In the South it 
is common, but in New England occurs only occasionally in scattered 
localities. 
Enoplognatha rugosa, new. (Plate I, figures 8 to 8c.) 
Two males sifted from leaves in a swamp in the Blue Hills, May 6, 
1905, are about half as large as marmorata, measuring 3.5 mm. in 
length. The cephalothorax is flat and the head wide and low as 
it is in marmorata, but the legs are longer and more slender. The 
sternum is widest in front, and less indented around the coxe than 
in marmorata. The mandibles are more slender than in marmorata, 
and the claw is slender and nearly as long as the basal joint. The 
process on the under side is near the middle, and has a single 
pointed tip and below it two small teeth, Pl. I, fig. 8c. The legs 
and mandibles are slightly roughened by little elevations at the 
bases of the hairs, which are shorter and fewer than in marmorata. 
There are similar elevations on the middle of the cephalothorax 
and around the edges of maxille and sternum. The palpi resemble 
those of marmorata. The color in the specimens examined is pale 
and less yellow than in marmorata, in alcohol inclining to red as 
in Steatoda triangulosa. The abdomen has an indistinct pattern 
consisting of a broken middle line and two rows of spots. 
The female found May 30, 1906, under leaves at Three-mile Island, 
Lake Winnipesaukee, N. H., resembles the males in color and mark- 
ings and in size. The abdomen is larger, and the legs and man- 
dibles short as in females of related species. The head, sternum 
and mouth parts are less roughened, but have longer hairs than in 
the male. The epigynum has a transverse narrow opening behind, 
covered by a short brown plate. 
Pedanostethus riparius, Keysl. Spinnen Amerikas, Therididae, 1886. 
(Plate |, figures 1 to tid)) 
This species described by Keyserling from Lake Superior, is one 
of the most common spiders under leaves all over New England. 
