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band anteriorly which extends to the sides, on the disk four 
white dots, and four smaller grayish ones, the dots surrounded 
by black rings which usually unite in the form of a longi- ' 
tudinal band on each side, beneath pale, with three sub- 
"pa longitudinal lines; feet, T. T. 9/3. or 3.2, in the male 
i 4. 9, 3. 
Observations. This spider, which is not very common, is 
found on plants, and is not remarkably active. In the male, 
the abdomen is white around and between tlie bands. 
Habitat. United States. 
20. ATTUS PODAGROSUS. 
Plate XXI. Fig. 13. 
Description.  Cephalothorax piceous black ; abdomen pale 
brownish, white at base, with a scolloped dusky band; feet 
bright rufous, joints tipped with black, with.some hairs, 4. 1. 2. 3. 
À large species. 
Observations. This may be readily distinguished from A. 
Tupicola, to which it is closely related. 
Habitat. Alabama. N ovember. 
21. ATTUS RUPICOLA. 
Plate XXL Fig. 14. 
D escription. Rufous, very hairy ; abdomen. brownish, 
With a paler band and two blackish dots; feet varied with 
blackish, in the female 7. 1. 2. 3., in the male 1.72 3. A large 
Species, —: 
. Observations. ‘The male, which resembles the female, has 
variably its first pair of legs longest and stoutest. This 
"Pecies was repeatedly found in cavities of limestone rocks on 
* margin of a river, moving cautiously and slowly on the 
pry ep ethers omer eae 
| Pübitat, - Alabama. September. 
