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slender, abbreviated, black and brownish lines, underneath 
whitish, with a longitudinal blank band ; feet with very long 
hairs or bristles. 
Observations. This species, usually found in the woods, is 
extremely active, leaping like an Arrus.. It is rather rare, but 
very distinct from any other. 
Habitat. North Carolina, Alabama. 
4. OXYOPES ASTUTUS. 
Plate XVII. Fig. 1. 
Description. Cephalothorax golden yellow, with four ob- 
scure, subobsolete, narrow bands; pectus with blackish marks 
each side ; eyes, palpi, and trophi at base, black ; abdomen 
greenish, with a silvery tinge; feet grassy green, hairy, 1. 9. 4. 3. 
OF.1. 4. 2.3. . 
Observations. This being adult, is much too small to be 
taken as the male of O. viridans. It has some affinity with 
O. salticus, but it is not probable that it will prove to be the 
male of that spider. When enclosed in a glass tube, it spun 
a Web like that of Theridium, but composed of only a few 
threads, lt was found in April, and also in September, 
strictly agreeing in size and markings. <> : 
Habitat, Alabama. September. 
Genus Lyssomanes. Mihi. 
Characters. — Cheliceres moderately strong ; mazille par- 
allel, short, rounded ; lip conical, slightly truncated at tips 
“Yes eight, unequal, in four rows, the first composed of two 
very large eyes, the second of two smaller ones, placed far " 
—- apart, on a common elevation with the two forming the 
third row, which is narrower, the fourth about as wide, 
composed of two eyes placed on separate elevations ; feet, 
first pair longest, then the second, then the third, the fourth 
