209 Araneides of the United States. 
6. ATTUS MULTICOLOR. 
Plate XVII. Fig. 13. 
Description. Cephalothorax black, with a pale, irregular 
band each side of the dise; abdomen metallic green, with a 
band at base, and a diagonal spot each side, orange, and with 
eight small white spots; underneath obscure gray, with re- 
flections of green on the pectus; feet rufous or pale, varied 
with pieeous, í. 2. 4.3 ^ -— | 
Observations. This species is related to A. otiosus and 
mystaceus, but distinct from both by the absence of the tufts 
of hair on the cephalothorax, and other characters. The 
palpi are pale yellow, and there is a black band more or less 
visible on each side of the abdomen. 
i Alabama. June — August. - 
7. ATTUS SEXPUNCTATUS. 
Plate XVII.- Fig. 14. 
Description. Black ; cephalothorax with the two posterior 
eyes near the base, which is wide and suddenly inclined s 
nearly a right angle with the upper surface, cheliceres with - 
strong inner tooth, and a long, curved fang ; abdomen with six 
dots, and a line in front, white; feet, 1. 4. 9. 3., first pair 
with enlarged thighs and quite long. _ 
Observations. 'This cannot be confounde 
fasciolatus, which is also designed from a female. 
characters derived from its cheliceres, it approaches 
mum. I suppose it must be a rare species, having ne 
with any other specimen. a 
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