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anterior margin. Legs quite large and long, quite thickly clothed with stiff 

 bristles; metatarsus I shorter than tibia I; femur I plainly longer than the 

 cephalothorax; sternum barely longer than broad; sides undulate; truncate 

 and deflexed between hind coxa?; a large and prominent claw to tip of palpus. 

 Abdomen quite large and high, somewhat globose, clothed with stiff bristles. 



Two females; Tepic, Nov., and Agua Caliente. 



123. Linyphia phrygiana Koch. — Three examples from 

 San Jose del Cabo. 



124. Linyphia communis Hentz. — Several specimens 

 from Hermosillo. 



125. Linyphia litigiosa Keys. — One from San Jose del 

 Cabo. 



126. Linyphia eiseni Marx ms. 



Plate XIV, Fig. 10. 



Length ceph. 2 mm.; abdomen 3 mm. Cephalothorax olive-yellow, with 

 a broad brownish marginal band around the thoracic part, pars cephalica with 

 a dark brownish line on its sides, and over the eye-area tnfuscated; man- 

 dibles, maxilla;, labium, and sternum olive yellowish brown; legs of the same 

 color, with dark rings at the distal ends and around the middle of the joints. 

 Abdomen pale olive-yellow, with a blackish brown lance-shaped spot from 

 the base to the end of the first third, five or more transverse bands from each 

 side to near the venter, where they do not quite touch each other, the first 

 reaching the lance-shaped spot at its broadest part, the sides with irregular 

 blackish spots; underside blackish with two lighter colored lines. 



Cephalothorax one-quarter longer than broad; mandibles long, parallel 

 and vertical; maxilla; slightly inclined over the labium, which is about as 

 broad as it is long and truncate at tip; posterior eye-row straight, eyes equi- 

 distant, anterior row recurved; the M. E. smaller, the four M. E. form a 

 quadrangle which is narrower in front and higher than broad. Abdomen 

 about twice as long as broad. Legs long, with some spines; the upper 

 spinnerets two-jointed. 



One female; Magdalena Island. 



127. Linyphia dorsalis, sp. nov. 



Plate XIV, Fig. 9. 



Length $ 2.5 mm. Cephalothorax, legs, mandibles, and sternum all pale 

 yellow, the former with a black dorsal stripe; abdomen gray on the sides, 



