Atiidm of Nortli America. 77 



1880. Epiblemum scenicum Workman, Irish Spid. , Belfast Nat. Hist. 



Soc, p. 16. 



1883. " " CampbeU, Spid. of Hodclesdon, Hertford- 



shire Nat. Hist. Soc, p. 276. 



1884. C ALLIETHER A .seen ica (Sm,., Ai-achnides de Miranda de Ebro, 



Soc. Esp. de Hist. Nat., xiii, 114 (2). 



1885. " " td. , Arachnides de Tunisie, p. 3. 



$ . Total length 4.9 mm. Width of abdomen 1.8 mm. 



Cephalothorax: length 2.5; width 1.9; height 1.1, 



Legs 3.9, 3.7, 2.7, 3.2. 



9 . Total length 5.5 mm. Width of abdomen 1.8 mm. 



Cephalothorax: length 2.2; width 1.3; height 1.2. 



Legs 3.8, 2.5, 3.2, 4. 



Cephalothorax moderately high, slightly convex, a little dilated behind 

 dorsal eyes, with sides almost vertical in front, and rounded behind; 

 cephalic j)art slightly inchned; thoracic part falling gradually until 

 the last one-third and then steeply. Ocular area occupying a Mttle 

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

 equally wide in front and behind. First row of eyes straight; mid- 

 dle eyes touching; lateral one-half as large as middle eyes, and 

 scarcely sepai'ated from theiii; eyes of second row halfway between 

 lateral and dorsal eyes; dorsal nearly as large as lateral eyes, further 

 from each other than from lateral border, forming a row scarcely 

 naiTower than the cephalothorax at that place. Clypeus vertical, 

 one-fourth as high as middle eyes. Falces not quite so wide as first 

 row of eyes, ( $ ) four times as long as face, horizontal, diverging, 

 with two teeth on chstal third; fang long; ( $ ) one and one-half as 

 long as face, vertical, parallel, fang short. Maxillae long, {$) trun- 

 cated at tip, slightly diverging; ( ^ ) rounded, parallel. Labium a 

 little longer than wide, slightly contracted at tip, ( S ) less than one- 

 half, (?) more than one-half maxillee. Sternum rounded behind, 

 truncated in front, about twice as long as wide, relatively wider in $ 

 than in $ . Anterior coxEe separated by width of labium. Legs of 

 the first pau- a little the stoutest; metatarsal spines on the third and 

 fourth in terminal circles; ( $ ) femoral and tibial spines as well. 



Coloration: Cephalothorax dark brown, with clypeus and lower border 

 white, and two wliite spots in the anterior thoracic region. Abdo- 

 men rufus, with a basal band and two slightly oblique bands on each 

 side of dorsum white. Falces dark brown, mouthparts and sternum 

 blackish, with white hairs; coxtB brown. Palpi and legs light brown, 

 with darker rings. Venter blackish, with white hairs. 



Habitat: North America, Europe, North Africa. 



