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Gen. 3. ARIADNE Sav. et Aup. 1825-27. 
Deriv.: '4o«tóvy, Ariadne, mythol. proper name. 
Syn.: 1825—27. Ariadne [Ariadna] Sav. et Aup., Descr. de l'Égypte, (Éd. 2:) XXII, p. 308. 
1837. Dysdera Warck., H. N. d. Ins. Apt., I, p. 261 (ad part.: ”3° Fam. Les 
Ariadnes, Ariadna"). 
1864. * Sım., H. N. d. Araignées, p. 105 (ad partem). 
Type: Ariadne insidiatrix (FORSK.). 
In everything, except the position of the eyes, Ariadne comes much 
nearer to Segestria than to Dysdera, to which last genus it has been ag- 
gregated by WALCKENAER and several others. LATREILLE ?) and C. Koch ?) 
however recognize it as an independent genus. Like Segestria, Ariadne is 
remarkable for keeping the 3 first pairs of legs stretched forwards, and only 
the 4" pair backwards. — A. insidiatrix, of which I have specimens which 
I eaught in Rome, where that species is common, is in habits and industry 
quite similar to Segestria Florentina and Filistata testacea. — I am not aware 
that any species of this genus has previously been adduced as belonging 
to the fauna of Europe. 
The orthography Ariadne is surely preferable to Ariadna, as being 
the ordinary Latin form of the word. — Of Ariadne DorEscH. vid. p. 63. 
The superior tarsal claws in A. insidiatrix are stout and powerful, 
pretty much and rather uniformly curved, gradually diminishing in breadth 
from the base, with 7—8 coarse, somewhat divergent comb-teeth; the in- 
ferior claw is small but powerful, with one little tooth. The superior tarsal 
claws on the 4" pair have but about 4 teeth. The female’s palpal claw is 
small and toothless. 
Gen. 4. STALITA ScnuiópTE. 1847. 
Deriv.: ornAirns, belonging to pillars (07747, Dorice oréla, pillar). 
Syn.: 1841. Stalita ScHIODTE, Forelöbig Beretn. om d. underjord. Fauna, p. 80. 
1849. 3 ID., Bidr. t. d. underjord. Fauna, p. 22. 
Type: Stalita tenaria SCHIODTE. 
Through the kindness of Prof. SCHIÔDIE I have had the opportunity 
of comparing a male specimen of the typical species, the true S. tenaria, 
1) Cours d'Entom., p. 514. 2) Die Arachn., X, p. 90. 
