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Female. 



Cephalothorax oval, broadest posteriorly, 6-angular, the angles well 

 marked; castaneous black, shining, eyes silvery white occupying the 

 middle third of ihe forehead : beneath pale slaty brown becoming darker 

 at the roots of the coxae. 



^6c?o/?ie/t cylindrical, widest a little behind the middle, one-half longer 

 than the thorax, pale brown with innumerable dark brown maculae 

 scattered over the whole excepting the upper third of the middle line 

 and a narrow crescentic portion along the apex ; spinnerets not project- 

 ing : beneath the lateral portions covered with maculae, which not 

 encroaching on the middle third leave a pale yellowish brown space 

 extending from the spiracles to the spinnerets ; with close attention we 

 may on this space in some specimens observe obsolete maculse towards 

 the anterior part. 



Palpi pale greenish brown, the last joint darker. 



Legs nearly of equal length, the 3d pair being a little shorter than the 

 rest, very pale brown. The femur with a diffused green annulus; the 

 2d joint of the tibia with the basal half greenish brown; legs densely 

 covered with fine hairs, and the last joint of the tibia and the 1st of the 

 tarsus with fine black spines ; claws black. 



Male. 



The male differs in having the abdomen grayish yellow with scattered 

 dark hairs, more copious at the sides and posteriorly, the macular with 

 a light centre, not found at the anterior part, and so arranged as to 

 leave a fine, pale, unoccupied medial line : beneath it has on each side 

 three large dark maculse in a row, parallel to that of the opposite side. 



Legs yellow, with the base of all the joints and the femur brown. 



Spinnerets projecting. 



This little Spider, which I have been acquainted with for two or three 

 years, runs with great rapidity, and may be procured in considerable 

 abundance by separating the close ivy from fir trees, and striking it sud- 

 denly on a table on which a large sheet of paper or a napkin is placed : 

 the httle animals are then forcibly detached from the minute recesses in 



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