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Length 6 mm; tibia of first leg" with two longi- 
tudinal black lines; femur and patella of third 
each with an apophysis; fakes brown fesHis 
Length 5 mm; femur, patella and tibia of first leg 
with one longitudinal black band; no apophysis 
on femur of third, which has distal half light col- 
ored, with transverse black lines; patella of third 
yellow, with a strong apophysis which is black- 
ish on the end, with a long, stout spine; falces 
covered with white hairs on the inner two-thirds, 
with the outer third black aztccamis 
Length 4.5 mm; tibia of first without black lines; 
femur of third without apophysis; patella of 
third with two apophyses; falces covered with 
white hairs Klauserii 
Legs 1342; clypeus red paratus 
Third leg longest; clypeus not red 15 
Cephalothorax and abdomen highly iridescent, 
cephalothorax dark, abdomen bright red • splcndens 
Different coloration 16 
Tibia of palpus with a large apophysis, straight 
on lower edge, rounded above, wider at end than 
at base; legs 3142 montanus 
Tibia of palpus without any such apophysis 17 
Abdomen with median and encircling bands white, 
and two yellow bands on sides; no transverse 
band limatus 
Abdomen with different coloration 18 
Cephalic part with two white streaks starting be- 
tween the large middle eyes and diverging a 
little as they pass backward, and two white 
bands running from the lateral eyes back on to 
thoracic part; no crest of black hairs viridipes 
Cephalic part without white "bands but having a 
crest of long black hairs over first row of eyes. . borcalis 
Key to Females of Pellenes. 
Third leg longer than fourth by less than tarsus. , 2 
Third leg longer than fourth by at least tarsus.. 3 
Habitat, New Hampshire borcalis 
Habitat. California signatus 
Third leg longer than fourth by a little more than 
tarsus 4 
Third leg longer than fourth by tarsus and meta- 
tarsus • • • • 14 
First leg longer than second by less than tarsus 
and metatarsus 5 
First leg longer than second by tarsus and meta- 
tarsus 13 
First leg longer than second by tarsus and nearly 
the matatarsus; a white streak running back 
from between middle anterior eyes; a herring- 
bone stripe on the abdomen; habitat. Texas.. Townscndii 
First leg longer than second by only tarsus 6 
A distinct light basal band on abdomen 7 
No distinct light basal band on abdomen 12 
