428 A. E. Verrill— The Bermuda Islands. 840 
Tapinattus melanognathus Lucas; Black Jumping Spider. Figures 
PRE Cis Oy Or 
Cephalothorax plain black, with gray hairs ; abdomen black, with 
a wide, irregularly lobulated median patch, divided anteriorly by a 
median black streak; its lateral margins and under surface also pale; 
legs tawny brown, with blackish spots ; faleers and under side of 
thorax black. Length of a female 8™. 
Figure 222.—Tapinattus melanognathus,; a, dorsal view of body of male, 
x3%; b, c, palpi of male; after Marx. Figure 223.—Plexippus Paykulli ; 
a, dorsal view of female, x2; 6, male palpus; c, epigynum; after Marx. 
Plexippus Paykulli Aud. and Savig.=Menemerus diversus Black.; 
Large Jumping Spider. Figures 223, a, 0, ¢. 
Cephalothorax of male dark brown or blackish, with a median 
streak of dull reddish brown or tawny, not reaching forward to the 
eyes; abdomen mottled with dark brown and gray; legs dark 
tawny brown, covered with conspicuous black hairs, but not banded. 
Length 9-11™". 
b.—Acarina. (Ticks and Mites.) 
An undetermined species of tick (Ixodes) was recorded by Hurdis 
(Rough Notes, p. 328) as found in large numbers on the leg of a 
heifer. It was white and the size of a pea. Mr. Nathan Banks,* 
1901, recorded a North American mite (Actineda agilis Banks), and 
undetermined species of hyncholophus and Holostaspis as found in 
our collection. A species known as the Hucharis-mite (Rhi- 
zoglyphus echinopus) occurs on the diseased bulbs of the Easter Lily, 
and is supposed to be one of the causes of the disease. A mite 
* Mr. Banks has determined all the mites and spiders in our collections. 
