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angled corner. The eephalothorax is broad in front, almost as in D. troglo- 
dytes; the maxillæ are almost parallel, scarcely at all inclined towards the 
lip, of considerable length, narrower in the middle, slightly rounded, nearly 
eut transversely, at the broad extremity. 
Gen. 11. MELANOPHORA C. Kocx. 1833. 
Deriv.: uélas, black; géow, bear. 
Syn.: 1805. Drassus Tabl. d. Aran., p. 45 (ad partem). 
21832. Herpyllus Hentz, On North Amer. Spid., p. 120 (ad partem). 
1833. Melanophora C. Koch, 2x Herr.-Scnærr., Deutschl. Ins., 120, 20— 23. 
1834. Filistata Reuss, Zool. Misc., Arachn., p. 197 (213) (ad partem). 
1837, Melanophora C. Koch, Uebers. d. Arachn.-Syst., 1, p. 17. 
1861. e Wesrr., Aran, Suec., p. 354 (ad partem). 
1861. Drassus BLAckw., Spid. of Gr. Brit., I, p. 104 (ad partem). 
1864. Melanophora Srw., H. N. d. Araignées, p. 116. 
1866. M L. Kocu, Die Arachn.-fam. d. Drassiden, p. 2, 142. 
Type: Melanophora atra (LATR.). 
We adopt this genus, which however might perhaps without harm 
be suppressed and united with Gnaphosa, in the extent assigned to it by 
L. KocH, whieh appears to coincide with its original limits assigned by C. 
Kocx. — The structure of the tarsal claws is the same as in the genus 
Gnaphosa. 
Gen. 12. GNAPHOSA (Larr.) 1804. 
Deriv.: yvézvo, scratch, tear. 
Syn.: 1804. Gnaphosa Larr., in Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., XXIV, p. 134 (ad partem). 
1805. Drassus WaLck., Tabl. d. Aran., p. 45 (ad part.: ”1° Fam. Les Lithophiles 
Lithophile”’, etc.). 
1832. Herpyllus Hentz, On North Amer. Spid., p. 120 (ad partem). 
1834. Filistata Reuss, Zool. Misc., Arachn., p. 197 (213) (ad partem). 
1837. Pythonissa C. Kocu, Uebers. d. Arachn.-Syst., 1, p. 16. 
1861. e Westr., Aran. Suec., p. 350. 
1861. Melanophora ID., ibid., p. 354 (ad partem). 
1861. Drassus Brackw., Spid. of Gr. Brit., I, p. 104 (ad partem). 
1864. Pythonissa SIM., H. N. d. Araignées, p. 120. 
1866. ps L. Kocu, Die Arachn.-fam. d. Drassiden, p. 2, 6. 
1868. Gnaphosa THOR., in ErsEN et SrUxBERG, Om Gotska Sandon, p. 379. 
Type: Gnaphosa lucifuga (W ALCK.). 
