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yellow, except the ends of the fourth legs, which are somewhat 

 darker. 



The abdomen is lighter in front and lias two white spots at the 

 sides, nearly meeting in the middle. 



The epigynum resembles that of C. pinnata with two small holes 

 wide apart. 



One female from low bushes in Sharon, Mass., Julv 7, 1002. 



Prosthesiraa rufula, Banks. Phil. Acad. 1892. (Plate IX, figures 

 6 to 6h.) 



7 to 8 mm. long: cephalothorax 3 mm. A little smaller than 

 P. atra and more slender. The cephalothorax is narrower across 

 the middle and less pointed in front, and the legs are more slender 

 and the front pair less distinctly larger than the others. The sternum 

 is narrower than in /'. atra. 



The color is light reddish brown without markings, the abdomen 

 paler than the rest. 



The epigynum varies in shape, the edge in front varying from 

 nearly straight to the shapes shown in the figures. 



The male palpus has a process on the outer side of the tibia, that 

 lies along the edge of the tarsus for about a third its length and 

 is slightly twisted at the tip. The tube of the palpal organ is on 

 the outer side and extends nearly straight the whole length of the 

 tarsus. 



New Haven, Conn., and Cold Spring Harbor, L. I. N. Y. 



Poecilochroa montana, Em. N. E. Drassidae, etc., Trans. Conn. Acad. 

 1890. (Plate IX, figures 4, 4a, 4b.) 

 The female of this species was described in 1890 from the White 

 Mountains, but only lately the male has been found on the Blue 

 Hills near Boston. The individual is probably a small one and 

 measures only 5 mm. in length. The cephalothorax is shorter and 

 rounder than in variegata, and the legs proportionally a little longer. 

 The difference in shape of the cephalothorax in these two species 

 is shown in the sternum, which in montana is distinctly wider than 

 in variegata, Fig. 4 a. The color is less brilliant than in variegata, 

 the orange of the latter species being absent. The cephalothorax 

 is dark brown, covered with white hairs. The femora and basal 

 joints of all the legs are dark brown or black and the other joints 

 light yellow. The abdomen is black with a narrow white band 

 across the middle, a wider white band across the front end, with 

 a little black showing in front of it, and a white band at the hinder 



