No. 1.] ANT-LIKE SPIDERS OF THE FAMILY ATTID.E. 65 



hind the dorsal ej^es. Anterior segment of abdomen reddish- 

 brown ; posterior segment glistening black, with two white 

 bands which begin at the constriction and curve downward 

 over the sides. Venter black. Cox£e and mouth parts brown. 

 Legs ( S ), 1st pair, femur brown, jmtella and tibia blackish 

 and iridescent, metatarsus and tarsus light brown ; 2d and 

 3d pairs, femur brown, patella and tibia brown with a black 

 longitudinal line on the anterior face, metatarsus and tarsus 

 blackish ; 4th pair dark brown. Legs ( 9 ), brown, with a black 

 longitudinal line along the anterior face of the patella and tibia 

 in the second and third pairs. Palpi ( S ) dark brown, ( 9 ) light 

 brown. 



Habitat. United States. 



In Synageles picata the male palpus has the tibia less 

 than half as long as the patella and about a third as long as 

 the tarsus. 



SYNAGELES AMERICANA N. SP. 



PI. Y., Fig. Ic, epigynum. 

 9 . Total length, 5 mm. 



Cephalothorax : Length, 2.4 mm.; width, 1.2 mm. 



Legs, 4321. Femur, patella and tibia i enlarged. 



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

 Cephalothorax moderately high ; both cephalic and thora- 

 cic parts slightly convex, thoracic part prolonged behind con- 

 siderably beyond the end of the slope. Quadrangle of ej'es 

 plainly longer than wide, wider behind than in front, occupj^- 

 ing nearly two-thirds of the cephalothorax. Anterior eyes in 

 a slightly curved row, subtouching ; middle twice as large as 

 lateral. Second row twice as far from dorsal as from lateral 

 eyes. Dorsal eyes larger than lateral, in a row as wide as 

 cephalothorax at that place. Falces vertical, parallel, weak. 

 Lip as wide as long. Coxte i separated by nearly the width 

 of the lip. Sternum truncated in front, contracted behind. 

 Pedicle short. Constriction in front of the middle of the 

 abdomen. 



Color. Cephalothorax light brown, slightly tinged with 

 red, with some white down on the eye-region, and white hairs 



