866 The American Naturalist. [September, 
ENTOMOLOGY.! 
The Long-legged Harvest Spider.—In my Descriptive Cata- 
logue of the Phalangiinz of Illinois? I described, under the name 
Liobunum nigropalpi Wood, a harvest spider that occurred rather 
commonly in southern Illinois, and which, from the extreme length of 
its legs and other characters, had been identified as the species indi- 
cated. I have lately received, however, through the kindness of Pro- 
fessor George F. Atkinson, specimens of a harvestspider taken in 
North Carolina which proves to be Wood's species, leaving the Illinois 
species without a name. On account of its exceedingly long legs the 
specific name Jongifes is proposed for it, in connection with the 
description given below. We have taken both sexes a number of times 
this season in central Ohio ; and Professor Atkinson has sent a single 
specimen taken at Auburn, Alabama. 
Liobunum longipes m. sp. Plate.—Figs. 1 and 2.—Male. SB 
4 mm. long; 3 mm. wide. Palpi 4 mm. long. Legs: L, 49 mm. ; 
II., 99 mm. ; III, 5o mm. ; IV., 67 mm. 
Dorsum minutely tuberculate, reddish-brown with a subobsolete 
dark cm marking, sometimes simply represented by obscure dark 
blotch Eye eminence at least as broad as high, black above, cana- 
RITE p small black tubercles on the caring. Mandibles light 
yellowish-brown, tips of claws black ; second joint with sparse hairs. 
Palpi slender, light brown, distal portion of femur, and almost all of 
patella, black ; femur, patella, and tibia with small scattered tubercles, 
and short hairs; tarsus, with a row of subobsolete, small, black 
tubercles on its inner ventro-lateral surface. Ventrum paler than dor- 
sum, of a nearly uniform tint, Coxz minutely tuberculate, of same 
color as ventrum.. Trochanters black. Legs very long, slender, black 
with white annulations at distal extremities of femur and tibia, especi- 
ally in the second and fourth pairs. Shaft of genital organ flattened, con- 
tracted near its distal extremity, and bent upwards, terminating in an 
acute point. 
Described from many specimens. 
The body of the female is slightly larger than the male, with the 
central marking usually more pronounced. 
The accompanying plate is engraved from drawings by Miss Freda 
Detmers. Fig. r represents the male, natural size, while Fig. 2 shows 
1 Edited by Dr. C. M. Weed, Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Columbus, Ohio.. 
2 Bull. Ill. St. Lab. Nat. Hist., Vol. III., Art. V. 
