8 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [January, 



NQTES ON LARINIA AND CERCIDIA. 



By Nathan Banks. 



The genus Larinia was established by Simon in 1874, for two 

 spiders from France. The genus is readily distinguished from 

 its ally, Singa, by having the p. m. e. nearly touching, and the 

 larger a. s. e. quite widely separated. The body is elongate, and 

 the abdomen projects over the cephalothorax in a blunt point. 

 Epeira direda Hentz agrees with the characters of Larinia, and 

 so must belong to it. In the Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. , 1892, 

 p. 127, Dr. McCook forms, for E. direda, the new genus Drex- 

 elia; but as the type species belongs to Larinia, Drexelia be- 

 comes a synonym. I have seen another species of this genus 

 which may be separated from L. direda by the following char- 

 acters : 



Metatarsus I longer than tibia I and twice as long as the width of body, 

 sternum yellow L. directa. 



Metatarsus I not longer than tibia I and not longer than width of body, 

 sternum black L. borealis. 



Larinia borealis nov. sp. 



Length 6 mm.; tibia plus patella I 2.5 mm. Cephalothorax pale yel- 

 lowish, with a black line on the margin and a black line, bifid near an- 

 terior end, reaching from the dorsal groove to the p. m. e. Mandibles, 

 palpi and legs pale yellowish; sternum black, with a narrow median yel- 

 low line. Abdomen gray, with black spots on the sides, above with a 

 pale median stripe, and a row of four black spots on each side near tip; 

 venter with three narrow black stripes, uniting at base of spinnerets. Ce- 

 phalothorax much narrowed in front, but not as slender as in L. directa; 

 sternum barely narrowed in front; legs moderate, much shorter than in 

 L. direda, especially the anterior pairs; abdomen about twice as long as 

 wide, pointed in front, broadly rounded behind. 



I have six specimens of this species, four from Olympia, Wash. 

 (Mr. Trevor Kincaid), and two from Franconia, N. H. (Mrs. A. 

 T. Slosson). 



Larinia directa Hentz. 



Epeira directa Hentz and Epeira rubella Hentz. 



Drexelia directa McCook. 

 Length 10 mm.; tibia plus patella I 55 mm. This is a much more 

 slender species than L. borealis, the abdomen three times as long as 

 broad, and the legs much longer. The abdomen varies much in mark- 

 ings, usually having a yellowish stripe above, and some black spots or 

 lines each side; the venter has two brown lines uniting just before the 



