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7. THOMISUS ASPERATUS. 
Plate XXIII. Fig. 7. 
Description. Pale, covered with short bristles ; cephalotho- 
rax, outer eyes of second row tuberculated, with two blackish 
bands, and a few longer bristles about the eyes; abdomen 
pale brown above, pale glabrous underneath ; feet, first and 
second pair with brown rings, third and fourth with fewer 
bristles. 
Observations. This spider, which is found on plants, seems 
quite distinct from any other, though the species of this sub- 
genus are very variable. 
Habitat. Alabama. September. 
8. THOMISUS PARVULUS. 
Plate XXIII. Fig. 8. 
Description. Rufous; abdomen yellowish with a trans- 
verse band black, near the apex ; third and fourth pair of legs 
greenish or yellowish ; first and second pair longer and slen- 
der in the male. 
Observations. 'The external eyes appear to be larger, on 
account of their being placed on elevations. This species is 
common, and frequently found on the blossoms of umbellif- 
erous plants, 
Habitat. The Southern States. 
Tribe V. Tusercunats. A tubercle on the abdomen, 
.— “ternal eyes larger, tuberculated. 
9. THOMISUS CAUDATUS. 
Plate XXIII. Fig. 9. 
E — Description. Dusky; abdomen with a tubercle or tail 
. behind above the apex, about six small black dots on the disk ; 
Pale beneath, with a longitudinal band, and sides blackish ; 
feet, 3 TE : | 
