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PHIL^US RIMATOR Walck. 



Plate I, figure 22. 



Syn.: 1837. ? Attus rwiator\\^&lck., Hist. Nat. des Insectes Apteres, I, p. 

 446. 



1846. Phidippus auctus C. K. , Die Arachniden, XIII, p. 148. 



1847. Attus rimator Walck., His. Nat. des Insectes Apteres, IV, p. 



422. 

 1883. " formosus Peckliam, Descr. new or little known Attidee, 

 of U. S., p. 23. 



$. Total length 8,4 mm. Width of abdomen 2.9 mm. • 



Cephalothorax: length 4; width 2.9; height 2. 



Legs 7, 5.2, 4.9, 7.5; patella and tibia of the first, 3; patella and tibia of the 

 third, 1.7; jjatella and tibia of the fourth, 2,7; metatarsus and tarsus of 

 the fourth, 2. 



Ocular area one-third wider than long; anterior row of eyes slightly curved; 

 lateral rather more than one-half as large as middle eyes, and sep- 

 arated from them by two-thirds their own diameter; eyes of this row 

 unusually small; eyes of second row very minute; dorsal eyes a Uttle 

 smaller than the lateral, and placed further from each other than 

 from the lateral borders. Clypeus one-half as high as middle eyes. 

 Falces as wide as the first row of eyes, once and one-half as long as 

 the face, vertical and a little divergent. Maxillee parallel, enlarged 

 and blunt at extremity, cut a httle on the inner edge; labium one-half 

 as long as maxillae, twice as long as wide, contracted and rounded 

 at tip. Sternum deepset, oblong, narro'w^ in front, one-half longer 

 than wide. Anterior coxas separated by scarcely the width of the 

 labium. 



Coloration: $ . Cephalothorax and abdomen covered with bright red 

 hairs, the abdomen with a white band around the base, and a w^ide, 

 central, longitudinal, black band which begins in front of the middle 

 of the dorsum and extends around the lower, posterior sides; upon 

 this band are three pau's of white dots. Clypeus and palpi covered 

 with red hairs; falces brilliant green; mouthparts, sternum and coxae 

 varying from brown to black; venter black; legs brownish with some 

 red hairs. 



Habitat: Pennsylvania, Florida, Iowa. 



