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near the middle ; sometimes attaining four inches from the 
end of the anterior to that of the posterior leg. 
Observations. This apparently powerless spider, no doubt 
related to the Aranea phalangioides of Europe, is found in 
the dark corners of the ceilings of uninhabited houses, in 
loose webs scarcely strong enough to detain any, even small 
insects. It is inactive, and never was seen by me with any 
prey, or with the show of obtaining any. This ought not to 
be mistaken for the Phalangium which children call daddy- 
long-legs. The female carries her eggs glued together, with- 
out a cocoon, in her cheliceres. 
Habitat. Southern States. Alabama, at the entrance of 
limestone caves. 
A female was found in Alabama in June, with a body 
resembling an orbicular cocoon, which she carried in her 
cheliceres. On tearing the silk covering, it was found to 
contain a Clubiona, which was thus wrapped up for future 
meals. 
Subgenus OoprHona mihi. 
[Silliman's Journal, Vol. xli. p. 116.] 
Characters. — Cheliceres short, cylindrical; maxilla wide at 
base, tapering to a point, inclined over the lip; lip short, 
widest at base; eyes sim, equal, three on each side, placed 
together in the form of a triangle; feet slender, moderately 
long, first pair longest, the fourth and the second nearly equal, 
the third shortest. : 
Habits. Araneides sedentary, making in obscure places 
an excessively loose and slender web, composed of a few 
reads crossed in various directions. Eggs not enclosed in 
a cocoon, but agglutinated together, which the mother carries 
between her cheliceres. 
Remarks. This subgenus is very closely related to Pror- 
cus. Nay, had it eight eyes instead of six, and were its legs 
much longer, it could not have been separated from that pol 
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