2176 Hentz's Descriptions of the 
19. THERIDION SUBLATUM. : 
Plate IX. Fig. 10. 
Description. Pale; cephalothorax piceous, pale on the 
disk ; abdomen with piceous markings, sometimes wholly 
brown above; pale underneath, with a dusky band; feet 
always pale, 1. 2. 4. 3. A minute species. 
Observations. This little spider makes its web in the tops 
of weeds, in the same manner as Th. morologum. It isa 
common species. 
= Habitat. Alabama. May. 
11. THERIDION FUNEBRE. 
Plate IX. Fig. 11. 
Description. Black; palpi yellow; abdomen with two 
bent bands at base, and a V spot at the apex yellow ; feet 
yellow, thighs tipped with black, the other joints with rings; 
and tipped with black, 4. 1. 2.3. A small species. 
Observations. "This species is very distinct from any other. 
It was found wandering. 
Habitat. Alabama. October. 
12. THERIDION LEONINUM. 
Plate IX. Fig. 12. 
Description. Yellow ; ; cephalothorax varied with black spots 
andlines; abdomen with two small tubercles anteriorly, black- 
ish towards the base, with two spots and an inverted T band, 
blackish; feet hairy, l particalarly the two anterior pair, varied 
with black rings, ; 34.5. A small species. 
Observations. This singular little spider makes its web, 
like other species of Tuerrpion, in dark corners and recesses. 
The markings on the abdomen make ¢ a tolerable resemblance 
to the face of a lion. 
Habitat. Alabama. March. 
