356 Hentz's Descriptions of the 
rare on the eastern side of the Alleghany mountains, as far 
north as the 35? of latitude ; but it has not been found by me 
in Alabama. 
Habitat. North Carolina. 
iz. ATTUS OTIOSUS. 
Plate XXI. Fig. 10. 
` Description. Blackish, mostly covered with white hairs; 
cephalothorax black at base and anteriorly, two tufts of hairs 
each side on the region of the eyes; abdomen with a band at 
base, and several angular spots, white, and with a longitudinal 
green band more or less covered with hairs and edged with a 
scolloped black line each side, beneath white with a black 
. band very wide at base and tapering towards the apex where 
it branches out ; feet varied with rufous and black, f. 4. 2. 3. 
the fourth slightly longest when separated from the body. A 
large species. 
Observations. This spider, related to A. mystaceus, was 
found in mid-winter, enclosed in silk tubes, under the bark of 
dead trees, where great numbers were hibernating. 
Habitat. North Alabama. ids 
18. ATTUS FASCIOLATUS. 
Plate XXI. Fig. it. 
Description. Black ; cephalothorax with three grayish 
spots ; abdomen with three small spots, two abbreviated lat- 
eral lines, and an anterior one white ; feet varied with rufous, 
4.152 8. 
Observations. This spider seems to be quite distinct from 
A. tri-punctatus, but may prove only a variety of that species: 
Habitat. South Carolina, Massachusetts. 
19. ATTUS RUFUS. 
Plate XXI. Fig. 12. 
- Description. Rufous; abdomen with a yellowish u 
