1947] 
A carina from North Carolina 
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protarsus; third legs plainly longer than second pair, 
tarsus about two-tliirds of the slender protarsus ; fourth 
legs fully two and one-half times as long as body, and 
very slender, the femora and tibia about equal in length, 
and each longer than width of body, the protarsus still 
longer, the tarsus not one-half of protarsus. 
Palpi of moderate length, the third joint swollen, the 
sides convex, the fifth with stout, apical claw, the lower 
edge showing about five small, short teeth; the thumb 
strongly clavate, reaching beyond claw, and with many 
stiff bristles. 
Length of body 1.8 mm. 
One from litter in Duke Forest, Durham, N. Car., 7 
July (Pearse). Several young ones, of possibly the same 
species, taken at same place in July and August; these 
have very tenuous long legs. 
The length of the legs, and proportions of the joints 
thereof will separate the species from allied forms with 
such long hind legs. Type M.C.Z. Arachn. 3022. 
Erythrasus carolinus sp. nov. 
Figs. 1, 11 
Body reddish, legs pale ; body fully two-thirds as broad 
as long, broadly rounded; above with many erect, stiff, 
simple bristles, as broad at tip as at base, each about 
twice as long as the width of a femur. 
Palpi not one-half the length of front tibia; all legs 
long and very slender, tarsi enlarged; front femora as 
as broad as body at third coxae, the second pair a little 
longer than body, first pair more than twice the length 
of body; femur two about one-lialf of femur one; last 
joint of front legs considerably enlarged, broadest before 
tip, more than one-third the length of front tibia. Last 
joint of second and third legs not as much enlarged. 
Some of the hairs on legs are bristly on one edge. First 
and second pairs of legs well separated from the third 
and fourth. 
Front margin of body concave, the corners over the 
base of front legs projecting slightly, and with three cir- 
cular pits, and from each a hair, one short and somewhat 
clavate. 
