§0 ARACHNIDES OF THE 



genus LIMXOCHARES. Latr. 



Rostrum hardly prominent ; palpi incurved, sim- 

 ple ; mandibles none ; feet natatory. 



Species. — L; *extcndens. Bndy ovate, red. mi- 

 nutely lineated : tergum with a few indented points ; 

 beneath, origin of the feet paler red : feet, second 

 and third pairs ciliate with very fine and long hairs, 

 posterior pair destitute of cilia. 



Length nearly three- twentieths of an inch. 



A common species, inhabiting stagnant pools, &c. 

 in forests, and shady places. The posterior feet 

 being destitute of cilia, are only useful in walking ; 

 when the animal is swimming, they are extended 

 behind, without distinct motion. The eggs are glo- 

 bular, surrounded by a white gluten, and are deposi- 

 ted on almost any object indifferently, from two kin- 

 dred to three hundred in number, arranged some- 

 what symetrically in parallel, rectilinear, or undu- 

 lated series. I have found them about the middle of 

 May. 



GENUS 



LEPTUS. iMtr. 



Feet six ; trophi forming a capitate body ; palpi 

 conic, quadriarticulate ; an obtuse tube, subconic, 

 advanced ; body soft. 



Species. — 1. L. *arcmen. Body oval, red, with 

 short, distant hairs; head whitish, somewhat rounded. 



