J. H. Emerton — Canadian Spiders. 407 



list of Canadian Spiders from Prof. Potter, in Ann. and Mag. of 

 Nat. Hist., 1846, is probably this species. 



Steatoda niannorata Em. 



Theridion marmoratum Hentz. 

 Montreal. All over New England. 



Steatoda fusca, new sp. 



Female, 4™™ long. Cephalothorax and legs light yellowish brown 

 above and below. Abdomen gray with fine light spots indistinctly 

 arranged in lines at the sides and on the hinder half. The cephalo- 

 thorax is smooth and shining and the head wide, much as is S. mar- 

 morata. The eyes of the front row are all of the same size and 

 near together but not touching. The upper row is a little curved, 

 the eyes are larger, all of the same size and more than their diame- 

 ter apart. The legs and palpi are covered with fine hairs. The 

 epigynum has a short transverse ridge turned backward as in S, 

 horealis^ but wider. PI. ii, fig. Ih. 



The male palpi have the tibia slender at the base and much 

 widened toward the tarsus, more on the outer than on the inner side. 

 The tarsus is oval and has a deep notch at the tip or the outer side. 

 PI. II, fig. la. The papal organ has a short tube and a small thin 

 appendage parallel with it supported by a thick pointed process. 

 PI. II, fig. 1. Somewhat as in S. marmorata. 



Rocky Mts., near Laggan. 



Theridula sphaerula Em. 



» 

 Theridion sphcerula Hentz. 



St. George's Cove, Gaspe. White Mountains, and as far south as 

 Connecticut. 



Euryopis funebris Em. ; Theridion funehre Hentz. 



Rocky Mts., J. B. Tyrrell, 1888, between Lat. 49° and 52°. Mt. 

 Washington, N. H., and all over the United States. 



Ceratinella brunnea Em., New Eng. Therididse, 1882. 



Rocky Mts. ? Ottawa, J. B. Tyrrell, from a peat bog. Mt. Wash- 

 ington to Connecticut. 



Ceratinella laeta Em. 

 Erigone laeta Cambridge, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1847. 

 Peat bog, Ottawa, J. B. Tyrrell. Also found in Massachusetts. 



