PHALANGES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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eminence, with a rather pronounced transverse series, and 

 more or less obsolete ones on the abdominal sur- 

 face, also with a few similar scattered spines. 

 Eye eminence light brown, with a couple of 

 more or less irregular series of spines similar 

 to those on the body. Palpi hispid, mot- 

 tled, with their femoral joint somewhat en- 

 larged at its inner distal angle, and the next 

 two articles short and swollen. Cephalotliorax 

 not at all distinctly separated from the abdomen. 

 Segmentation of the abdominal scutum not at all 

 marked. Ventral surface a light grayish brown, 

 hispid. Coxae covered with spinous hairs. Tro- 

 chanters light brown. Legs short, moderately female (natur 

 robust, roughened with rows of small sharp black spines. 



Length of body, ? , 0.2. Length of legs, $ , (1) 0.6, (2) 

 0.7, (4) 1. 



Remarks. I have seen but a single specimen, a female, 

 in the collection of the Essex Institute, which was taken 

 near Salem, Massachusetts. 



12. Phalangium maculosum Wood (nov. sp.). 

 Body large. Dorsum dark ferruginous brown, with an often obscure 

 central vase-shaped darker mai'king, and numerous very small light 

 spots arranged on the abdomen, more or 

 less irregularly, in transverse series, closely 

 granulate ; in some specimens the dorsum 

 is grayish, with a well pronounced vase- 

 shaped marking and dark transverse bands 

 In which are the light spots. Cephalo- 

 thorax not very distinctly separated from 

 the abdomen. Segmentation of the ab- 

 dominal scutum not very distinct ante- 

 riorly, posteriorly more so. Eye eminence 

 black, with a double crest of small more or 

 less obsolete crenulatious. Palpi brown- 

 ish, mottled and tinged with black ; with 

 the inner angles of their second and third 

 joints slightly prolonged ; with not very nu- 

 merous very small black spiny tubercles, 

 more pronounced at the joints; distally Female (natural size), 



pilose. Ventral surface light brown, obscurely tuberculate. Coxm light 

 brown, tuberculate, frequently witli a little black spine on their distal 



