182 ./. //. Emerton, 



The nest is usually near the ground under a stone or in a hole 

 in the sod. The web extends among surrounding objects sometimes 

 tor a foot from the nest in all directions. It consists mainly of large 

 irregular meshes, but includes usually a distinct flat or curved sheet 

 of smaller meshes like the webs of Stcaloda or Pliolcus. The cocoons 

 are half on inch in diameter brownish white in color. 



This species is found all over the country as far west as the Rocky 

 Mountains and north to southern New Hampshire. In the South it 

 is common, hut in New England occurs only occasionally in scattered 

 localities. 



Euoplognatha rugosa, new. (Plate I, figures 8 to 8c.) 



Two males sifted from leaves in a swamp in the Blue Hills, May 6, 

 1905, are about half as large as marmorata, measuring 3.5 mm. in 

 length. The cephalothorax is flat and the head wide and low as 

 it is in marmorata, but the legs are longer and more slender. The 

 sternum is widest in front, and less indented around the coxae than 

 in marmorata. The mandibles are more slender than in marmorata, 

 and the claw is slender and nearly as long as the basal joint. The 

 process on the under side is near the middle, and has a single 

 pointed tip and below it two small teeth, PI. I, fig. 8c. The legs 

 and mandibles are slightly roughened by little elevations at the 

 bases of the hairs, which are shorter and fewer than in marmorata. 

 There are similar elevations on the middle of the cephalothorax 

 and around the edges of maxilla; and sternum. The palpi resemble 

 those of marmorata. The color in the specimens examined is pale 

 and less yellow than in marmorata, in alcohol inclining to red as 

 in Steatoda triangulosa. The abdomen has an indistinct pattern 

 consisting of a broken middle line and two rows of spots. 



The female found May 80, 1906, under leaves at Three-mile Island, 

 Lake Winnipesaukee, N. H., resembles the males in color and mark- 

 ings and in size. The abdomen is larger, and the legs and man- 

 dibles short as in females of related species. The head, sternum 

 and mouth parts are less roughened, but have longer hairs than in 

 the male. The epigynum has a transverse narrow opening behind, 

 covered by a short brown plate. 



Pedanostethus riparius, Keysl. Spinnen Amerikas, Therididae, 1886. 

 (Plate I, figures 1 to 1 d.) 

 This species described by Keyserling from Lake Superior, is one 

 of the most common spiders under leaves all over New England. 



