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ornata the head is darkest. PI. I, figs. 6, 6a. The light spots of 

 the abdomen are united more closely than in ornata, and form two 

 serrated longitudinal stripes. The male palpus has the patella and 

 tibia both longer than they are wide, and the whole palpus longer 

 than in ornata. The palpal organ resembles that of ornata, but is 

 slightly smaller. Figs. 6b, 6c. 



Salt marshes from Gloucester, Mass. to Long Island N. Y. 



Grammonota gigas, Em. Trans. Conn. Acad., 1909. 

 Erigonoplus gigas, Bks. Canadian Entomologist, 1896. 



Plum Island, Mass., June 17, 1910, under straw on growing grass 

 at edge of salt marsh. The markings of the abdomen are more 

 uniform than in ornata, the front light spots not much larger than 

 the others. The female has the head slightly raised behind the 

 eyes. The epigynum has the middle depression square instead of 

 narrowed in front as it is in ornata. 



Araeoncus bispinosus, new. 



Male 1.5 mm. long. Cephalothorax as wide as long and a little 

 narrowed in front. The top of the head is elevated abruptly with 

 shallow grooves, but without any holes at the sides. PI. I, fig. 7. 

 The sternum is convex and as wide as long. Fig. 7 c. The upper 

 middle eyes are farther from the front middle eyes than from each 

 other and are farther back than the posterior lateral eyes. The 

 male palpi have the patella more than twice as long as wide. The 

 tibia is short and widened on the inner side where it has a long, 

 fine spine, slightly curved and extending over the back of the tarsus. 

 Near the base of the spine is a shorter one sharp-pointed and curved 

 inward. Fig. 7 a. 



Two males only, Springfield, Mass., Sept. 20, 1909. 



Dicymbium pectinatum, new. 



Male 1.5 mm. long, dull gray, with lighter yellowish legs. The 

 cephalothorax is high in front with the head highest just behind the 

 eyes, PI. I, fig. 8, but without any holes at the side of the head. The 

 upper middle eyes are very little larger than the front middle eyes. 

 The first legs are a little thicker than the others, and the first metatarsus 

 has on the upper side a single row of seven large hairs. Figs. 8, 8a. 

 The male palpi are as long as the cephalothorax. The patella is 

 long, nearly as long as the femur. The tiiiia is short and wide and 

 hollow on the under side, in the middle of which the tarsus is 



