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tances apart, and the whole group of eyes wide in proportion to 
the width of the head. The abdomen is oval and slightly indented 
in the middle. The colors are all dark, and were not noticed when 
the specimen was fresh. The cephalothorax is of the usual brown, 
and the legs the same color with the ends of the first and second 
pairs lighter. The abdomen seems to have been lighter in front 
of the depression, but there are no distinct markings to be seen in 
its present condition. The male palpi have no process on the tibia. 
The palpal organ is prominent as in gutnquenotata. 
Micaria quinquenotata, new. (Plate X, figures 1 to 1e.) 
This species lives in sandy places, sometimes in company with /ongi- 
pes, which it resembles in color and habits. It is smaller than /ongzpes, 
measuring 4 mm. in length, the cephalothorax between 14 and 2 mm. 
in length. The cephalothorax is shorter and the head narrower than 
in /ongipes and the lateral eyes are nearer the middle pairs, Fig. 1a. 
The sternum and the legs are slightly shorter than in /ongzpes. 
The legs and cephalothorax are light orange brown, with scattered 
shining hairs of the same color. The abdomen is covered with 
iridescent scales, yellow in front, and darker toward the hinder end. 
The colors vary in different individuals and some are greenish gray 
as in /ongipes. There are two pairs of white spots on the abdomen, 
one pair in the middle and another at the front end, and just behind 
the front pair is a middle white spot of about the same size, Fig. 1. 
The epigynum differs little from that of /ongipes, but is usually 
less regular in shape. The male palpi also are like those of /on- 
gipes with a similar process on the tibia, Fig. 1a. 
This species is common on the sand dunes at Ipswich, Mass., 
among the roots of sand grass. It matures about the first of June, 
when both sexes are active, running about on the sand from one 
bunch of grass to another, or hiding under any loose object lying 
on the ground. The cocoons which are found early in June are 
white and thin, and contain about eight eggs. 
In pairing the male holds the female by the first and second 
legs around the thorax between her third and fourth, reaches his 
head under her and inserts the palpus of the same side as the 
clasping legs, Fig. 4. 
Micaria gentilis, Banks. Canadian Entomologist, 1896. (Plate X, 
figures 3 to 3d.) 
Mature males and females have been found from the middle of 
May to the first of July at Portland, Me., and at Monhegan, Me. 
