Araneides of the United States. 353 
presence of the distinguished botanist and ornithologist Thomas 
Nuttall. 
Habitat. Massachusetts. 
11. ATTUS CASTANEUS. 
Plate XXI. Fig. 4. 
Description. Black or piceous, with some long black hairs, 
and short, thick, yellowish down, particularly distinct on the 
abdomen, which has a whitish line at base, continued on the 
Sides to near the middle ; sides of the abdomen, with oblique 
lines, whitish ; venter with four white lines, all the lines being 
formed by whitish hairs; dorsum with four or six obsolete 
dots ; feet rufous, with blackish rings, 4. 1. F. 3., the fourth long- 
est and slender, the first next, very stout. 
Observations. This spider is perfectly distinct from any 
other yet observed. It must be rare, having occurred only 
once, under a stone, in March. 
Habitat. North Carolina. 
12. ATTUS TJENIOLA. 
Plate XXI. Fig. 5. 
Description. Black ; cephalothorax with a white fillet on 
each side, continued to near the base ; abdomen with two 
longitudinal, narrow lines, composed of white dots or abbrevi- 
ated lines ; tarsi dark rufous or blackish. 4. 1. 2. 3. 
Observations. This is not a rare species, and shows only 
à moderate degree of activity. 
Habitat. North Carolina, Alabama. 
13. ATTUS ELEGANS. 
Plate XXI. Fig. 6. 
Description, Pale rufous ; cephalothorax with eyes nearer 
the apex than the base, second joint of palpi piceous ; abdomen 
