272 jV. Banks — Spiders and Mites from the Bermuda Islands. 



THEBIDIID^. 



Theridium tepidariorum Koch. 



Theridium tepidariorum Koch, Die Arach., viii, p. 75, figs. 647, 648, 1841. 

 Theridium tepidariorum Emer., Trans. Conn. Acad., vi, p. 13, pi. ii, fig. 1, 

 1882. 



Four specimens collected by Mr. T. G. Goslin in summer. Nos, 

 2401, 2407. It is found in houses throughout the civilized world. 



Theridium studiosum Hentz. 



Theridium studiosum Hentz, Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., vi, p. 274, pi. ix, 

 fig. 5, 1850. 



Two females from Walsingham, 3 May. Occurs in the Southern 

 States, and Mexico. No. 2349. 



Theridium rufipes Lucas. 



Theridion ruflpes Lucas, Explor. de I'Algerie, Arachn., p. 263, pi. xvi, fig. 5, 

 1847. 



One specimen, male, from mouth of Tucker's Island cave, 3 May. 

 A common cosmotropical spider. No. 2354. 



Lathrodectus geometricus Koch. 



Lathrodectus geometricus Koch, Die Arachn., viii, p. 117, pi. cclxxxiv, fig. 

 684, 1841. 



Several examples ; a pair from Paynters' Vale, 28 April ; two 

 females have their egg-cocoons. Known from South America, and 

 the West Indies. Nos. 2323, 2352, 2353, 2363. 



Bathyphantes, sp. 



Two specimens, both immature ; the sternum and venter are black, 

 the dorsum of abdomen dai'k gray with a black herring-bone mark, 

 legs pale, cephalothorax yellowish. No. 2338. 



Erigone, sp. 



One female, immature, abdomen and sternum black, mandibles 

 rather prominent and diverging. No. 2335. 



