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thorax light yellow tinged, when fresh, with light red on the head 
and mandibles. There is a row of four or five hairs directed forward 
on the middle line of the head. The abdomen is covered above 
and below with scattered hairs about their length apart. The 
mandibles of the male have a strong tooth in front. The sternum 
extends backward between the fourth coxz and is truncated at the 
hinder end, where it is about half as wide as the fourth coxa. The 
epigynum appears very simple externally, showing two small sper- 
mathece through the skin, over which the short scattered hairs are 
arranged in two clusters. The male palpi have been sufficiently 
figured in N. E. Theridide. 
Tmeticus flaveolus, Banks. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1892. 
(Plate IV, figures 8, 8a, 8b.) 
This species resembles 7. /ongisetosus in size and color. It is 
1.46 mm, long. When fresh the cephalothorax is light orange color 
and the rest of the body pale. The sternum extends backward 
beyond the fourth coxz, where it is as wide as one of the coxae. 
The mandibles of the male have a small spine on the front near 
the end. The epigynum is much like that of /ongisetosus, with a 
transverse slit with the spermathecz showing through the skin. The 
male palpus resembles that of /ongisetosus, but the tibia and tarsus 
are both slightly shorter. The tibia is widened at the end as it is 
in /ongitarsus, with several projections and shallow curves on the 
edge. The tarsus has two large spines near the base, one much 
thicker than the other and both about half as long as the corres- 
ponding spines in /ongiselosus. 
Coffin’s beach, Gloucester, Mass., in straw on the shore. Hanover, 
N. H. and Ithaca, N. Y. in Mr. Banks’ collection. 
Tmeticus debilis, Banks... Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1902. 
(Plate TV figures 373.4, 3b.) 
2mm. long, and pale yellow, brown and gray, with some individ- 
uals almost white. The group of eyes is rather narrow, not more 
than half the width of the thorax. The sternum is widest at the 
second legs, and extends between the fourth coxe in a narrow 
piece not more than half the diameter of one of the coxe. The 
male palpi are large and the palpal organs of a very distinct form. 
The tibia is small, but widened at the end, where it is about twice 
as wide as at the base. The tarsus is long and oval, with a smooth 
strip without hairs near the outer edge. The tarsal hook is slender 
and has a short rounded process near the base on the outer side. 
