90 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences^ Arts and Letters. 



Clypeus inclined backward. Falces ( $ ) nearly as wide as first row of eyes, 

 twice as long as face, inclined forward, diverging; fang long; ( ? ) ex- 

 tending only to inner edges of lateral eyes; one and one-half times 

 as long as face, vertical, parallel; fang small. Maxillse ( $ ) widest 

 in middle, blunt at tip, cut obliquely on inner side; (?) a little widest 

 at extremity, rounded. Labium one-half as long as maxillse, {$) 

 longer than wide, (?) as wide as long. Legs without patellary 

 spines, excepting one on the first leg, ( $ ) coxee and trochanter of 

 the first elongated. 



Coloration: S . Cephalothorax bronze brown; eye region covei'ed with 

 reddish gold metallic scales; anterior faces of falces, clypeus and 

 sides of cephalothorax as far back as second row of eyes, covered 

 with white scale-like hairs. Abdomen bronze, with a silvery white 

 band passing around base and downward onto the sides; a second 

 white band, on each side, curves over the side from the upper to the 

 under surface, and on the posterior dorsum are two more short 

 curved white bands, these last being semi-circular in form. Mouth- 

 parts, sternum and venter brown. First leg with elongated coxa 

 and trochanter, as well as the femur, dark mahogany color; the 

 other joints and all the other legs yellowish white. 



$ . Cephalothorax bronze brown with metallic scales on eye region as in 

 $ . Anterior eyes surrounded by rings of reddish yeUow hair. Ab- 

 domen brown; a white band passes around the base and extends on 

 to the sides; beyond the termination of this are two short white bars 

 on each side; on the anterior half of the dorsum is a wide longitudinal 

 band composed of reddish golden scales; the posterior edge of this 

 band is notched. Behind the band are two chevrons of the same 

 scales, and two short bands, one on each side of the spinnerets; two 

 black spots are found in front of the first, and two more behind the 

 second chevron. Femur of the first leg mahogany color; other 

 joints and all the other legs white with some dai"k rings and spots. 



Habitat: Wisconsin, Missouri, Georgia, Florida 



AGOBAEDUS ANORMALIS Ketserling. 

 Plate I, figure 69. Plate VI, figure 74. 



1885. Agobasdus anormalis Keys. , Neue Spinnen aus Amerika, VI, Ver- 



nandl. zool. bot. Gesel. in Wien, p. 33 (519). 

 $ . Total length 4.7 mm. Width of abdomen 1.4 mm. 

 Cephalothorax: length 2.6; width 2. 



Legs 6.7, 4.9, 5.5, 5.6; patella and tibia of the first, 2.3; patella and tibia of 

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

 sus of the fourth, 2. 

 5 . Total length 4.6 mm. Width of abdomen 1.7 mm. 

 Cephalothorax: length 2.1; width 1.6. 



