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Observations. This beautiful species seems to fear the 
light; for 1 never found it except when inclosed in the old 
shells of the pupæ of some hymenopterous insect. It is rare. 
Habitat. South Carolina. 
37. ATTUS MULTIVAGUS. 
Plate XXII. Fig. 7. 
Description. Piceous ; palpi pale; abdomen gray, with 
curved bands, dots and a spot white, pale underneath with a 
longitudinal darkish line and a pale one each side, all sub- 
obsolete ; feet, 3. 4. 1. 9. A middle-size species. 
Observations. This species in markings resembles A. 
fasciolatus, but is quite distinct from it. 
Habitat. Alabama. April. 
38. ATTUS CRISTATUS. 
Plate XXII. Fig. 8. 
Description. Pale brownish ; cephalothorax with small 
dusky marks, palpi very small; abdomen with curved dusky 
lines, and a tuft of white hairs at base, pale underneath, with 
" sub-obsolete, approximate longitudinal paler lines; feet 
Nec. 
Observations. The tuft of white hairs on the base of the 
abdomen, and projecting over the cephalothorax, is not pecu- 
ar to this species alone, but by other characters it is suffi- 
“ently distinguished. 
itat. Alabama. July — August. 
Tribe VL Ampunatorre ; legs usually slender, vw 
Pur longest, the fourth next. | 
39. ATTUS MITRATUS. 
Plate XXII. Fig. 9. 
Description. Pale above and beneath ; cephalothorax with 
