Attidce of North America. 49 



( ? ) oue-half longer than wide. Anterior coxae separated ( 3 ) by- 

 width of labium, (?) by scarcely so much. Legs of the first pair 

 stoutest, and in $ very long. Femoral, tibial and nietatarsal spines 

 on the four pairs, on metatarsi of the third and fourth only in ter- 

 minal circles. 



Coloration: Cephalothorax reddish, covered with silvery down; eyes on 

 black spots, a black line around margin, and ( 9 ) two or three stout 

 black hairs on each side below the eyes of the second row. Abdomen 

 ( S ) covered with white down with an encircling white band, and 

 three, short, transverse dark bars on the dorsum; ( $ ) covered with 

 down as in S , with three pairs of dark spots. Clypeus covered with 

 white hau's which extend downward over the reddish f alces. Mouth- 

 parts and sternum reddish brown. Coxas pale; palpi and legs pale 

 tipped with black. Venter covered with silvery down. 



Habitat: Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, North Carohna, Alabama, Georgia, 

 Florida. 



ICIUS PIRATICUS Nov. Sp. 



Plate I, figure 35. Plate IV, flgui-es 35, 35a. 



$ . Total length 7 mm. Width of abdomen 2.2 mm. 



Cephalothorax: length 3.9; width 2; height 1.3. 



Legs 5.9, 3.5, 4.9, 5.2; patella and tibia of the first, 2.5; patella and tibia of 

 the tliird, 1.8; imteUa and tibia of the fourth, 1.8; metatarsus and 

 tarsus of the fourth, 1.6. 



Cephalothorax low, flat, narrow in front, dilated behind dorsal eyes, with 

 sides nearly vertical in front and rounded behind; cephaUc part plane, 

 shghtly inclined; thoracic falling a very little in the first half, then 

 more steeply. First row of eyes straight; middle eyes touching, lat- 

 eral sub-touching, one-half as large, and placed plainly further back; 

 eyes of second row a httle nearer lateral than dorsal eyes, and very 

 smaU; dorsal a httle smaller tlian lateral eyes, further from each 

 other than from lateral borders, foi-ming a row as wide as cephalo- 

 thorax at that place. Whole ocular area occupying a httle more 

 than one-third of cephalothorax, one-third wider than long, wider 

 behind than in front. Clypeus inclined backward, one-half as high 

 as middle eyes. Falces but httle wider than the two middle eyes, 

 one-fourth longer than face, vertical, parallel; fang very weak. Max- 

 illae long, parallel, a httle enlarged and rounded at extremity. La- 

 bium two-thu-ds as long as maxillse, twice as long as wide. Sternum 

 not projecting between anterior coxae, a little longer than wide, 

 rounded. Anterior cox£e square, nearly touching. First leg with 

 femur and tibia exceedingly stout, and metatarsus and tarsus very 

 short; the other legs weak. S])inal armature as follows: Tibia of the 

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