Attidce of North America. 15 



pears which occupies the central region. Clypeus covered with white 

 hairs; palpi, legs, stei-num, and venter with gray hairs; falces iri- 

 descent green; mouth parts reddish brown. 

 Habitat: Eastern United States. 



PHIDIPPUS CARDINALIS Hentz. 



Plate II, figure i. 



Syn.: 1844. Amv^ canliiialis Hentz, Journal Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., p. 



386. 

 1875. Attus card('iio?2s id.. Coll. of Arachn. Writ. ed. hj Burgess, 



Boston, p. 51. 

 1883. Attus carcZiHaZiS Peckhani, Descr. new or little known Attidae , 



p. 81. 



$ . Total length 9.5 mm. Width of abdomen 3 mm. 



Cephalothoi'ax : length 4.1; width 4; height 2.8. 



Legs 11.1, 8.2, 8.2, 10.7; patella and tibia of the first 4.5; patella and tibia 

 of the third, 3; patella and tibia of the fourth, 3.6; metartai'sus and 

 tarsus of the fourth, 3.3. 



Lateral separated from middle eyes by ^ their own diameter; four anterior 

 eyes looking downward. Clypeus ^ as high as middle eyes. Maxillae 

 enlarged and blunt at extremity with a projection at the outer corner, 

 and parallel. Labium i as long as maxillas, a little longer than wide, 

 blunt and sUghtly contracted at tip. Sternum, widest in middle, ^ 

 longer than wide. Anterior coxae separated by scarcely the width 

 of the labium. 



Coloration: Cephalothorax, abdomen, and venter entirely covered with 

 brilhant red hairs; there are four indented dots on the anterior part 

 of the abdomen, and sometimes two longitudinal black bands each 

 with two red dots, extending from the middle of the dorsum to the 

 spinnei'ets, and converging a little behind. 



Habitat: Southern United States. 



PHIDIPPUS MINIATUS Peckham. 



Plate I, figures (>, Oa. 



Syn.: 1883. Attus miniatns P.. Descr. new or little known Attid* of U. S., 



p. 15. 

 ? . Total length 13 mm. Width of abdomen 5 mm. 

 Cephalothorax: length 5.9; width 5; heighth 3.8. 

 Legs 13.5, 10.7, 10.7, 13.7; patella and tibia of the first, 5.5; patella and tibia 



of the third. 3.8; patella ami tibia of tlie fourtli, 5.1: metatai'sus and 



tarsus of the fourth. 4. 

 Large f . Total length 18 mm. 



