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Agalenid^. 

 Dictyna snblata Hentz. 



Theridion sublatmn Hentz ; Dictyna muraria Em. 



I see no reason why this synonymy is not perfectly clear. The 

 species is found in Mississippi, and specimens vary to resemble 

 Hentz' s figure. D. arundmaceoides Keys, is perhaps the same 

 species. As to Hentz' s other Dictyna I am not sure what they 

 are; T. foliaceuni is perhaps D.frondeuni Em. 



THERIDIDiE. 



Linyphia conferta Hentz. 

 Ithaca and Long Island. 



Bathyphantes anglicanum Hentz. 

 Theridion anglicanum Hentz. 



Two females and two males of this species were taken in Texas. 

 The male is red like the female. 



Epeirid^. 

 Epeira dlrecta Hentz. 



Brazos County, Texas. They vary somewhat in markings, a 

 central light stripe is frequently present on the abdomen and often 

 each side of this a row of six black dots. On the venter there 

 are two dark stripes which unite at the spinnerets and at the lung 

 slits. It shows some approach to Tetragnalha. 



Epeira sangninalis Hentz. 



This very delicate spider was found in the nest of a mud-wasp 

 in Texas in September. The front legs are very spiny. The 

 venter is white, except the black epigynum. 



Epeira scntalata Hentz. ^ ,, 



E. pimctillata Keys. -Wt^.- 



One specimen ( S ) of this species has been recorded from 

 Illinois by Keyserling under the name of Epeira pimctillata. I 

 have found an adult $ in July on Long Island, N. Y. It was at 

 the center of a vertical orb web in an evergreen tree. Young 

 specimens were found in evergreen trees in December. 



Thomisid^. 

 Rnncinia aleatorius Hentz. 



Thomisus aleatorius Hentz ; Rmtcinia brendelli Keys. 



Hentz described the % of this species, and it seems that some 



