Attidce of North America. 95 



as middle eyes, and slightly sejiairated from them; eyes of second row 

 twice as far from dorsal as from lateral eyes; dorsal eyes further 

 from each other than from lateral borders. Clypeus fully one-half 

 as high as middle eyes, vertical. Falces extending in width to inner 

 edges of lateral eyes, a little longer than face, vertical, parallel. 

 Maxilla3 enlarged and blunt at extremity; labium semi-circular. 

 Sternum twice as long as wide, contracted in front and behind. An- 

 terior coxse separated by scarcely the width of the labivim. Abdomen 

 with a constri'^tion in front of the middle. 



Coloration: Eye-region black with violet reflections; thoracic part reddish- 

 brown with a short, transverse white band behind dorsal eyes. An- 

 terior segment of abdomen reddish-brown; posterior segment glisten- 

 ing black with two white bands which begin at the constriction and 

 ciu've downward over the sides. Venter with a semi-circular green- 

 ish-yellow spot behind the epigynum. 



Habitat: North Carolina, Alabama, Wisconsin. 



SYNAGELES SCORPIONA Hentz. 



. Plate VI, figures 72, 72a. 



Syn: 1845. Synemosyna scorpiona H., Journal Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 



Vol. V. 

 1875. " " id., Coll. Arachn. Writ, by N. M. 



Hentz, ed. by Burgess, Boston, 

 p. 74. 



5 . Total length 3.4 mm. Width of abdomen 5 nxm. 



Cephalothorax: length 1; width, 8; height, 4. 



Legs 2, 1.5, 1.5, 2.6. 



? . Total length 3.5 mm. Width of abdomen 1.2 mm. 



Cephalothorax: length, 1.4; width, 8; height, 5. 



Patella and tibia of the first, 1; patella and tibia of the third, 8; patella and 

 tibia of the fourth, 1.1; metatarsus and tarsus of the fourth, 8. 



Ocular area occupying nearly two-thirds of the cephalothorax, a little more 

 than one-third longer than wide, and wider behind than in front. 

 Anterior row of eyes very slightly curved, lateral about one-half as 

 large as middle eyes and separated from them by one-fourth their 

 own diameter; eyes of second row not quite twice as far from dorsal 

 as from lateral eyes; dorsal eyes further from each other than from 

 lateral borders. Clypeus, ( 3 ) less than one-half, ( 2 ) one-half as high 

 as middle eyes, vertical. Falces as wide as the two middle eyes, 

 about as long as the face, vertical, parallel. Maxillae rather long, a 

 little enlarged at extremity, ( S )tnincated, ( ? ) rounded; anterior coxae 

 separated by more than the width of labium. Fu-st legs a Uttle the 

 stoutest, dark. 



