Genera of the Famihj Attidce. 341 



The typical species A. temdpefi has been described by the Rev. O. P. 

 Caa.bridge under the generic name of Asamonea, but the characters of 

 the genus have never been formulated, the author having been of the 

 opinion, even at the time of its publication, that this new genus was sim- 

 ply synonymous with Lyssomanes Heutz, It seems to us that the genus 

 Asamonea ouglit to be re-established, a' it differs greatly in reality from 

 the genus Lyssomanes by the proportion and the disposition of the eyes 

 and the form of the labium; in Asamonea the region occupied by the six 

 dorsal eyes is much wider than long, and the eyes are almost equal, the 

 scarcely smaller ones of the third pair are placed much within and near 

 those of the second, the labium is as wide as long, while in Lyssomanes 

 the dorsal ocular area is as long as wide or scarcely wider, the eyes of the 

 third row are much smaller than the others, placed equally far in, but 

 much more behind the eyes of the second row, finally the labium is much 

 longer than wide. 

 The characters of the genu-i Asamonea may be thus formulated: 

 Cephalothorax low almost plane above, dorsal eyes 2, 3, 4, occupy a 

 trapeziform area much wider than long, eyes of the third row scarcely 

 smaller than the other eyes, and placed within and behind the eyes of the 

 second row. Maxillae short, almost quadrate. Labium not longer than 

 wide, a little attenuated and truncated. Superior spinnerets much longer 

 than the inferior, biarticulate, the first articulation scarcely shorter than 

 the second. Legs slender, rather long, 1, 4, 2, 3, furnished with long spines; 

 me'atarsus IV much longer than the tibiae. 



SIMONELLA Peckham. 1885. 

 Simonella Peckham, Proc. Nat. Hi.t. Soc. of Wisconsin, March, 1885. 



Body long, slender, nodose. 



Cephalothorax more than twice as long as wide, convex above, constricted 

 near the middle; thoracic part twice as long as cephalic. 



Eyes very unequal in size, -placed in four transverse rows of two each, 

 those of the anterior row almost touching. The quadrangle formed 

 by the second and fourth rows is wider behind than in front, and 

 wider behiad than long. Eyes of the third row very small, and 

 nearer to the second than to the fourth row. Eyes of the fourth row 

 on the upper margin of the ceplialotborax. 



Clypeus less than i as wide as the anterior eyes, retreating. 



Sternum long, narrow behind. Anterior coxae separated by the width of 

 the labium. 



il/aa?t7/ae twice as long as labium, widest in the middle, tapering toward 

 apex. 



Labium as wide as long, truncated at tip. 



Falces stout and long, vertical, slightly diverging. 



