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"This species, like others of its family, has the power of exuding 

 from about the coxa^ a liquid with a peculiarly disagreeable odor. 

 This doubtless serves ;is a ijrotection from birds and other enemies."* 



Liobununi iiigropalpi (Wocxl) Weed. 



(l'l;it(^ Lix.) 



Phnlam/iiim ni^ropalj)! Wood, Coiiiiii. Kssiix Institute, vr, 22-2.3, 39. 

 I'liahotfiiiim uif/ropalpi Wood. Underwood, Can. Ent., x\'u, 168. 

 Liohidium n'ujropiOpi (Wood). Weed, Aiuer. Nat., xxiv, 918; Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 

 XIX, 187. 



Male. — Body 0-7'"'" long, 4"'" wide; palpi 5'"'" long. Legs: first, 

 40-51""" ; second, 75-92'"'" ; third, 39-48 ; fourth, 00-70'""'. 



Body elongate, narrowed ])ostcriorly. Dorsum reddish brown, of a 

 nearly uniform tint, with a faint central marking, and scattered yel- 

 lowish spots; minutely tuberculate. Eye eminence black, slightly 

 canaliculate, with a row of rathc^r small, bla(;k, distant tubercles on 

 eacli <;arina. Mandibles light yellowish brown, tips of claws black; 

 second Joint with sparse hairs. Pal])i well developed ; black, except 

 tarsus, which is brownish ; a row of tubercles on outer ventro-lateral 

 surface of femur ; femur, patella, and tibia each somewhat arched; a 

 few tubercles on lateral surface of proximal portion of patella, and a 

 row of flattened black tubercles on the inner ventro-lateral surface of 

 tarsus ; ventral surface of tibia, clotlied with stifi black hairs. Ventral 

 surface, including coxie, of nearly the same color as the dorsum, but a 

 little lighter; coxa; ti])ped with white. Legs very long and slender; 

 trochanters dark brown, more or less blackish ; rest of legs blackish. 

 Genital oi'gan flattened, bent witli a double bow-like curve, contracted 

 at its distal extremity, and ending in a short acute point. 



Female. — Body 7.5""" long, 4.5""" wide ; palpi 5""" long. Legs: first, 

 37'""; .second, 70""" ; third, 38"'"' ; fourth, 51""". 



Differs from male as follows: Body larger, rounder ; central marking 

 more distinct ; inner distal lateral angle of patella more conical ; row 

 of tubercles on tarsus of patella obsolete ; legs brown rather than 

 l)lack. 



Fairfield County, kSei)tend)er 20, 18!M). This is a rare species for 

 Ohio. The only time I have taken it in the State was at Sugar Grove 

 on top of a wooded liill, where 1 saw several specimens running about 

 on the fallen leaves. 



Liobunum nigripes Weed. 



(I'late i.x.) 



Liohitnum rrrruroHum (Wood). Wei^d, Amer. Nat., xxi, U.3."); Bull. 111. State Lab. 



Nat. Hi.st., Ill, 88-89, 102; Amer. Nat., xxiv, 918. 

 Liohnuinn nigripe.s Weed, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., xix, 190. 



Male. — Body 0.5""" long ; 4'""' wide ; i)alpi 4.5'"'" long. Legs: first, 

 27'""'; second, 50"""; third, 28"""; fourth, 30""". 



Weed, Amer. Naturalist, x.xvi, 1004. 



