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tarsus; joints slightly arched. Ventrum with coxz, including the 
membranous distal lateral tips, and generally the trochanters, vermil- 
ion red. Legs with proximal portions light brown; distally dark 
brown or blackish. Shaft of genital organ nearly straight, slender, 
flattened, canaliculate ; distal portion very slightly expanded, then 
slightly contracted, and again expanded into a half spoon-shaped por- 
tion, and terminating in a small acute point. 
Female.—Body, 6 mm. long; 3.5 mm. wide. Palpi, 4 mm. long. 
Legs: I., 24 mm.; II., 52 mm.; II., 25 mm. ; IV., 38 mm. 
Differs from the male in having a larger, rounder body ; and in the 
color of the dorsum, which is brown, with a rather distinct, darker 
central marking and numerous whitish spots arranged more or less 
transversely. In some specimens the central marking is subobsolete. 
Apical rings of ovipositor white. Described from many specimens. 
It is a curious fact that while I have found this species one of the 
commonest harvest spiders in Ohio, apegaly during 1889 and 1890, 
I took it but once during three seasons’ collecting in Illinois, and have 
received it but once from outside these two states. Not a single speci- 
men has been found, except in this one case, in the numerous collec- 
tions received from friends and correspondents in twenty other states. 
e specimens in my collection represent the following counties 
in the three states named, the dates given being the time the speci- 
mens were collected. All were taken by myself or my assistants, 
except those from Iowa, which were received from Professor Herbert 
Osborn. Illinois: Champaign. Iowa: Story (Osborn). Ohio: Cham- 
paign, 18 August, 1890; Clermont, August, 1890; Delaware, 18 se? 
tember, 1890; Franklin, 9 July, 1889, 7, 8, 9, 10, 27, 31 July, 6 
August, 2,5, 679 September, 1890 ; Lawrence, 5, 6 September, 1890 ; 
ison, 19 z xe Sciota, 3 September, 1890; Warren, 5 July, 
14, 16 August, 1 
It is extremely pee that this species occurs, at least in limited 
numbers, in most of the central western states.—CLARENCE M. WEED. 
