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J. E. Emerion, 



Dictyna brevitarsus. new sp. 



2 mm. long and usually dark in color. The cephalothorax 

 brown, darkest on tbe bead. Tbe legs tbe same color as tborax, 

 but lighter, and tbe palpi darker. The abdomen is marked like 

 muraria, with the middle mark of the front end distinct and less 

 broken into spots than usual. 



The mandibles of the male have a slight tooth at the base. The 

 male palpi are of middle size, with the tarsus and tibia together 

 as long as the mandible. The tibia is as wide as long, a little 

 widened at the end. The two-spined process is at the side and 

 directed forward. Figures page 139. 



Danvers, Mass., Mt. Washington Glen, Ithaca, N". Y. 



Dictyna angulata 



Dictyna angulata. new sp. 



2 mm. long; males and females the same size and colored alike-. 

 The general color is pale dull yellow, covered with light gray hairs. 

 The legs are pale with no markings. The cephalothorax is 

 yellow brown, lightest on the head. The abdomen has the usual 

 middle gray mark, most distinct on the front half, dwindling to 

 a fine line behind where it is more or less connected with a double 

 row of partly united spots. 



The male palpi are large, the tarsus as long as the mandibles. 

 The tibia is a little longer than wide, and at the distal end as 

 wide as it is long. The two-spined process is not more than a 

 fourth as long as the tarsus, and on the upper side close to the base. 

 Figures above. 



Hyde Park, Mass., in leaves on the ground. 



