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of joints are denser, stouter, and black. Abdomen somewhat triangular, in 

 side view, elevated and pointed behind, hardly compressed; region of epigy- 

 num swollen. 



Two females; Tepic, Oct. 



106. Teutana grossa Koch. — One specimen; San Miguel 

 de Horcasitas. Determined by Dr. Marx. 



107. Teutana zonata Keys. — One from Minititlan. 



108. Lithyphantes pulcher Keys. 

 Plate XIV, Figs. 7 and 8. 



Not uncommon; San Jose del Cabo, Sierra San Lazaro, 

 Sept., Sierra San Nicolas, Tepic, Oct. It varies quite a 

 little in amount of coloration. 



109. Lithyphantes parvula Marx ms. 



Plate XIV, Fig. i. 



Length $ 3.8 mm. Cephalothorax, the mouth-parts, and the sternum 

 dark yellowish testaceous ; eye-area somewhat infuscated. Legs of the same 

 color, with the distal ends of the joints infuscated. Abdomen yellowish 

 white, with six dark gray spots in two longitudinal rows over the dorsum, a 

 similar colored transverse spot in front of these rows near the base. At the 

 somewhat darker underside, the area between the fold and the spinnerets 

 covered by a whitish, indistinct spot. 



Cephalothorax nearly as broad as long, anteriorly less than one-half as broad 

 as in the middle; posterior eye-row slightly recurved; M. E. closer together; 

 anterior row recurved; four M. E. form an oblong which is higher than broad, 

 and broader in front. Mandibles vertical, parallel; maxilla; inclined over the 

 labium, which is about as long as broad, and pointed at the tip. Abdomen 

 reaching high over the cephalothorax, broad, oval; legs 4, 1, 2, 3. 



Male, slightly smaller; cephalothorax pale yellow testaceous; mouth-parts 

 more brownish yellow, and the sternum yellowish brown, bordered with a 

 brown line; the eye-area somewhat infuscated. Legs pale yellow, but also 

 slightly infuscated at the distal ends of the joints. Abdomen whitish with 

 four pair of dark brownish spots in two longitudinal rows, the first and second 

 pair connected by a narrow purplish transverse line; the underside purplish 

 brown with a spot in the center. 



Cephalothorax one-fourth longer than broad, anteriorly one-third as broad 

 as in the middle; posterior eye-row straight; M. E. slightly closer together; 



