No. 1.] ANT-LIKE SPIDERS OF THE FAMILY ATTIBjE. 19 



being brown and the hinder part black. Mouth parts, coxse, 

 sternum and venter brown. Legs with a tinge of yellow. 



Of this species we have only seen specimens in alcohol. 

 Mr. Emerton, who is familiar with it when alive, says that in 

 color and general appearance it resembles orange-brown ants. 



Habitat. Eastern United States. 



SALTICUS CENTRALIS N. SP. 



PI. I., Fig. 6, epigynum ; 6a and 6b, male palpus. 



$ ? . Total length, 4.5 mm. Length of falces in S 1.7 mm. 



Cephalothorax : Length, 2.3 mm., width, 1.2 mm. 



Legs, 4132. 



1st leg longer than 2d by tarsus and metatarsus. 



4th leg longer than 3d hj tarsus and three-fourths 

 of metatarsus. 



Quadrangle of eyes one-fourth wider than long, occujjying 

 two-fifths of cephalothorax. First row of eyes straight, with 

 middle eyes touching and lateral subtouching; middle twice as 

 large as lateral eyes. Clypeus only one-sixth as high as middle 

 «yes. Eyes of second row half-way between first and third 

 rows. Dorsal eyes a little larger than lateral ej'es, and placed 

 further from each other than from the lateral borders of the 

 cephalothorax. Falces in male, long, horizontal, parallel, robust 

 and flattened above, nearly straight on the edges, and narrow 

 at the proximal end; there is a single row of teeth on the under 

 edge, with a long fang; in female, short and vertical. Lip 

 much longer than wide. Coxse of first leg separated by width 

 •of lip. Sternum long and slender. Pedicle plainly visible 

 from above. There is a slight constriction behind the dorsal 

 ■eyes, and another in front of the middle of the abdomen. 



Color. S ■ Cephalothorax dark brown, with a lighter me- 

 dian region; abdomen light brown, glistening, with two dark 

 spots, a small one at the base and a large, circular one on the 

 posterior part, which extends on to the sides. A few white 

 hairs are found in both cephalothorax and abdomen. Legs 

 light brown or pale, with two rows of spines on the tibia and 

 metatarsus of the first, and a few small spines on the others. 



