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

 and wider in front; mouth-parts as in the female; abdomen narrow oval. 



Three specimens; San Jose del Cabo. 



no. Lithyphantes punctulata Marx ms. 

 Plate XIV, Fig. 4. 



Cephalothorax 2 mm. long; abdomen 3 mm. long; leg I 7.6 mm. Cepha- 

 lothorax and mouth-parts reddish brown, the maxilla; and labium with white 

 tips; abdomen black, covered with dense hairs, with a narrow white line 

 around the base, and with five pairs of white spots in two lines over the dor- 

 sum, outside of these lines three short transverse spots, the largest between 

 the second and third dorsal spots; underside brownish, with two white spots 

 in the center, one behind the fold, the other before the spinnerets; the sides 

 with three pairs of white dots. Legs reddish brown, anterior femora and 

 tips of tibia; usually darker. 



Cephalothorax as long as tibia I, slightly longer than broad, pars cephalica 

 nearly half as wide as cephalothorax in the middle. Mandibles parallel, ver- 

 tical; maxilla; inclined over the labium, truncate at tips; labium broader than 

 long, rounded at tip. Posterior eye-row slightly procurved, eyes equidistant; 

 anterior eye-row recurved, four M. E. form a quadrangle longer than broad; 

 abdomen oval. 



Four examples from Las Palmas. 



in. Lithyphantes venusta Marx ms. 

 Plate XIV, Fig. 2. 



Ceph. 2 mm. long; abdomen 3 mm. long. Cephalothorax yellowish testa- 

 ceous, eye-area somewhat infuscated; mandible, maxillae, and labium of the 

 same color, the two latter with white margins at their tips; sternum brownish 

 yellow. Abdomen mottled with purple and brownish spots, with a broad, 

 white transverse band over the base, and a white, longitudinal, narrow, mid- 

 dle band (from the middle to the apex), with serrated margins over the pos- 

 terior half, and on each side a white spot about at the middle region from the 

 lateral sides to the dorsal surface, and which continues to the brownish under- 

 side, an indistinct white spot between the fold and the spinnerets, legs yellow- 

 ish testaceous. 



Cephalothorax one-fourth longer than broad, as long as femur I. Posterior 

 eye-row slightly recurved, equidistant; anterior much recurved; four M. E. 

 form an oblong which is somewhat broader in front. Abdomen oval; with 

 flattened dorsum. Legs 1, 4, 2, 3. 



One specimen from San Francsiquito. 

 [Perhaps a variety of L. -pulcher N. B.] 



