Araneides of the United States. 189 
ART. XIIL — DESCRIPTIONS AND FIGURES OF THE ARANEIDES OF 
THE UNITED STATES. By NicHoLAs MancrrLvs Hentz, Tuscaloosa, 
Alabama, 
[Continued from: Vol. IV. page 396.] 
4. DOLOMEDES SCRIPTUS. 
Plate XVI. Fig. 1. 
— Description. - Pale brownish; cephalothorax varied with 
black and white ; abdomen with a broad blackish band intet- 
sected by waved white lines, and usually edged with whitish, 
pale spotless underneath ; feet varied with obscure brown, 
ultimate joint tipped with blackish. 
Observations. This species was found in great numbers 
on the margin of a stream under stones. The two triangular 
black spots, visible on the cephalothorax of D. wrinator and 
D. lanceolatus, are obsolete on this. Many were examined, 
and agreed with this, only the white edge of the band being 
less distinet in some. 
Habitat; Alabama. March. 
5. DOLOMEDES ALBINEUS. 
Pine XyL. 154 . c — 
Description, Mouse-colored ; abdomen varied with angu- 
lar markings above, beneath with a yellowish longitudinal 
and, edged with black ; feet with alternate black and white 
rings, the white rings formed by long white hairs; the legs 
have also a few black bristles ; male with legs 1. 2.4. 2. As - 
8e as D. tenebrosus nearly.  . : ju es doe 
tak vations. This species which, at first sight, might be 
en fór D, tenebrosus, does not dwell habitually in caves 
and cellars, but ig usually found on the trunk of trees, yet in 
dark shady places. Several females were found, and a male, 
also, One of those females was captured by a child, who 
transfixed her hom with a pin. Finding she was full 
