Attldm of North America. 57 



HASAEIUS HOYI Pfxkham. 



Plate I, figures 40, 40a. Plate IV, figure 40, 40a. 



Syn.: 1883. Attus hoyi ( 5 ) P. , Descrip. of new or little known Attitte, p. 7. 



1883 " pinus (?)id., ibid., ^. 20. 



$ Total length 5.2 mm. Width of abdomen 1.8 mm. 



Cephalothorax: length 2.8; width 1.9; height 1.6. 



Legs 5.2, 4, 5.2, 4.9; j)atella and tibia of the first, 2; patella and tibia of the 

 third, 1.7; patella and tibia of the fourth, 1.9; metatarsus and tarsus 

 of the fourth, 1.6. 



2 Total length 5.9 mm. Width of abdomen 2.2 mm. 



Cephalothorax: length 2.5; width 2; height 1.7. 



Legs 4.6, 4.2, 5, 4.8; patella and tibia of the first, 2.2; patella and tibia of 

 the third, 1.9; patella and tibia of the fourth, 2.1; metatarsus and tar- 

 sus of the fourth, 1.9. 



Ceiihalothorax rather high, iDlane, slightly dilated behind dorsal eyes, with 

 sides nearly vertical in front, rounded behind; cephalic part inclined 

 (more strongly in & than in ? ); thoracic part falling but little 

 in the first two-thirds, then steeply. Ocular area occupying 

 two-fifths of cephalothorax, one-third Avider than long, and almost 

 imperceptibly wider in front than beliind. First row of eyes straight; 

 middle eyes sub-touching; lateral more than one-half as large as 

 middle eyes, separated from tliem by by one-tliird their own diameter; 

 eyes of second row half way between dorsal and lateral eyes; dorsal 

 a little smaller than lateral eyes, further from each other than from 

 lateral borders, forming a row scarcely narrower than the cephalo- 

 thorax at that place. Clypeus ( S, ) vertical, one-third, ( ? ) inclined, 

 one-fifth as high as middle eyes. Falces extending to the inner edges 

 of lateral eyes, but little longer than face, vertical, parallel; fang 

 weak. MaxiUas parallel, short, slightly enlarged and rounded at ex- 

 ti'emity; labium one-half as long as maxillae, but little longer than 

 wide, a little contracted and blunt at tip. Sternum 'oval, one-half 

 longer than wide. Anterior coxas separated by width of labium. 

 Legs of the first and second pau"s stoutest; third longer than fourth by 

 gi'eater length of femur, femoral, tibial and metatarsal spines on the 

 four pairs; on metatarsi of the fourth throughout their length. 



Coloration: $ . Ocular and anterior thoracic region rufus a Uttle mixed 

 with black; posterior thoracic region black; a white band on each 

 iside, beginning at or near the base ]iasses forward to the anterior 

 lateral eyes, and joining these, a white band crosses above the an- 

 terior eyes; the sides below the white bands are velvety black; the 

 anterior eyes are surrounded by hau-s which are white exceptmg just 

 between the eyes, where they are red; looked at from above this 



