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gone phæopus, which belongs to Ceratina) is destitute of palpal claws 2, 
whereas other species of Ceratina described by MENGE are provided with them. 
The superior tarsal claws in the Zinyphie are slender, slightly eurv- 
ed, and have generally 6—12, sometimes even up to nearly 20, pointed 
teeth, gradually increasing in length; the inferior claw on the contrary has 
only one or two pointed teeth. The female’s palpal claw has usually one, 
two or no teeth; sometimes, but rarely, 3—8 short saw-teeth. In many of 
the smaller species it is very slender, and sometimes entirely absent. 
Gen. 7. ERIGONE Say. et Aup. 1825—27. 
Deriv.: 'Horyóvq, Erigone, mythol. proper name. 
Syn.: 1825—27. Erigone Sav. et Avp., Descr. de l'Égypte, (Éd. 2:) XXII, p. 319. 
1833. s SUND., Sv. Spindl. Beskr., 2 Vet.-Akad. Handl. f. 1832, p. 259 
(ad partem). 
1833. Neriene Brackw., Charact. of some undeser. gen. and spec. of Aran., p. 187 
(ad partem). 
1837. Mieryphantes C. KocH, Uebers. d. Arachn.-Syst., 1, p. 11 (ad partem). 
11841. Argus Warck., H. N. d. Ins. Apt., II, p. 344 (ad part.: ”1° Fam., 1° Race, 
Les Érigonides, Erigonides”) =). 
1861. Erigone WEsTR., Aran. Suec., p. 195 (ad partem). 
1864. Neriene Brackw., Spid. of Gr. Brit., IT, p. 248 (ad partem). 
1864. Erigone [Erygona] Sim., H. N. d. Araignées, p. 191. 
1861. = Outert, Aran. d. Prov. Preuss., p. 34. 
1868. 5 MENGE, Preuss. Spinn., II, p. 195. 
1868. Tmeticus 1D., ibid., p. 184 (ad partem). 
Type: Erigone vagans Sav. et AUD. 
Of the species included by WESTRING in the genus Ærigone, we pre- 
serve under that generic name only those, which are distinguished by hav- 
ing the malle considerably dilated at the base, short, and inclined towards 
the lip. Ærigone NOB. accordingly corresponds to the 1* race ("les Zrigo- 
nides") of the 1* family of Argus WALCK. In that compass, which appears 
to be what by SAVIGNY and AUDOUIN was originally intended, it corresponds 
very nearly with C. KocHs, Smon’s and OHLERTS Ærigone, although the 
last mentioned author gives as the special characteristic of the genus the 
long palpi of the male, a characteristic then, that applies only to one sex. 
In WESTRING this genus corresponds to Ærigone and Micryphantes together 
1) Preuss. Spinn., II, p. 171 et seq. 
2) Argus Tem. [Aves] 1815. 
