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only the metatarsi and tarsi being testaceous, while the other 

 joints are dark red. 



SYNAGELES SCORPIONA HENTZ, 1845. 



PI. v., Fig. Id, epigynnm. 

 $. Total length, 2.4 mm. 



Cephalothorax : Length, 1 mm. ; width, .8 mm. 



Legs, 4123 ; first pair a little the stoutest. 



4th leg longer than 3d by tarsus and metatarsus. 

 9 . Total length, 3.5 mm. 



Cephalothorax: Length, 1.4 mm. ; width, .8 mm. 



Legs, 4123 ; first pair a little the stoutest. 



4th leg longer than 3d by tarsus and metatarsus. 



Cephalothorax low and slightly convex above, rounding 

 over into the sides. Cephalic part limited by a depression. 

 Thoracic part falling gradually from dorsal eyes, prolonged 

 below to meet the pedicle. Quadrangle of eyes plainly longer 

 than wide, wider behind than in front, occupying nearly two- 

 thirds of the cephalothorax. Anterior eyes in a very slightly 

 curved row, middle eyes sub-touching ; lateral a little separated, 

 middle twice as large as the lateral. Second row plainlj'- nearer 

 the first than the third row. Dorsal eyes larger than the 

 lateral, forming a row which is not quite so wide as the cephalo- 

 thorax at that place. Falces short, vertical, parallel, weak. . 

 Lip plainly wider than long. Coxte i separated by more than 

 the width of the lip. Sternum somewhat heart-shaped. Pedicle 

 short. Abdomen with a faint constriction in front of the 

 middle. 



Color. S . Cephalothorax brown ; abdomen brown an- 

 teriorly, encircled by a white line in front of the middle, 

 behind which it is blackish ; other parts brown, excepting a 

 pale spot on anterior part of venter. ? . Cephalothorax 

 brownish-white, with the eyes on black spots ; abdomen pale, 

 with two short, curved dark bands near the spinnerets ; falces 

 brownish ; venter pale, with a dark region near the spinnerets ; 

 legs brown above, pale beneath ; other parts all pale. 



Habitat. New York. 



