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$ . Total lengtli 5.5 mm. Width of abdomen 2 m.in. 



Ceplialothorax: length 2.1; width 1. 2; height 1. 



Legs 3.7, 3.1, 3.4, 4.3; patella and tibia of the first, 1.3; patella and tibia 

 of the third, 1.1; patella and tibia of the fourth, 2; metatarsus and 

 tarsus of the fourth, 1.6. 



Cephalothorax moderately high, convex, dilated behind dorsal eyes; sides 

 nearly vertical in cephalic, rounded in thoracic part; cephalic part 

 inclined, especially in 5 ; thoracic part slanting gradually for the first 

 three-fifths of its length, then steeply. Ocular area occupying about 

 two-fifths of cephalothorax, one-fourth wider than long, sKghtly" 

 wider behind than in front; first row of eyes on a ridge, curved 

 (more in $ than in $): middle eyes sub-touching; latera,l one-half as 

 large as middle eyes, separated from them by one-half their own di- 

 ameter; eyes of second row halfway between dorsal and lateral eyes; 

 $ with two ridges of stout hairs oblique and converging, extendmg 

 from eyes of second row to anterior middle eyes; dorsal as large as 

 lateral eyes, further from each other than from lateral borders, form- 

 ing a row as wide as the cephalothorax at that place. Clypeus verti- 

 cal, scarcely one-fourth as high as the middle eyes. Falces {■$ ) 

 extending to inner edges of lateral eyes, ( $ ) nearly as wide as first 

 row, a little longer than face, parallel, vertical; fang weak; maxillae 

 parallel, enlarged and ( $ ) truncated, ( $ ) rounded at extremity; la- 

 bium about one-half as long as maxillge, as wide as long, rounded 

 and much contracted at tip ; sternum one and one-half times as long-^ 

 as wide, truncated in front, contracted and rounded behind; anterior 

 coxae separated ( 3 ) by width of labium, ( j ) by less; legs all fine and 

 glabrous, first a little the stoutest; femur of the third long; very 

 weak tibial and raetatarsal (and in $ femoral) spines on the four jpairs; 

 on metatarsi of the third and fourth only in terminal circles. 



Coloration: $ . Cephalothorax black in eye region, reddish on sides and 

 thoracic part, entirely covered with Ught green iridescent scales, ex- 

 cepting a narro^v black line betAveen tw^o "white lines around the mar- 

 gin; two whitish tufts of hairs above anterior eyes. Abdomen and 

 venter covered with green iridescent scales. Clypeus iridescent; 

 falces brown; sternum black with white hairs; niouthparts and 

 coxae brown; palpi and legs light brown, legs with a black longitudi- 

 nal line above, first and second darker than third and fourth; tibia of 

 the first black at distal end, with a strong black spine and a brush of 

 black hairs. $ . Cephalothorax dark, covered with iridescent scales, 

 excepting marginal lines as in 3 . Abdomen dark and highly irides- 

 cent, with a whitish band around base and anterior sides. Clypeus 

 iridescent; falces, palpi, mouthparts, sternum and coxae as in 5 . 

 Venter iridescent; legs pale with black lines as in $ , excepting femur 

 of the first which is dark. 

 Hdbiiat: Middle, Eastern and Southern United States. 



