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Walckenaer, (militaris Hentz), belonged there. It is evident 
that he had never seen the species and knew it only from the 
description given by the Peckhams, although it has been 
reported from Mexico. In 1909, Peckham in his “Attidae 
of North America”, places it in the genus Dendryphantes. 
It is not a true Metaphidippus as the small eyes are nearer 
the first than the third row, but it has more characters in 
common with Metaphidippus than with Paraphidippus. 
Eight species of Metaphidippus have been found in 
New England. Probably the commonest is Metaphidippus 
capitatus (Hentz). The synonomy of this species is very 
unsatisfactory. A few of the names are given. 
Attus capitatus Hentz, 1845, 5 : 200, pi. 17, fig. 15; 
reprint, p. 51, pi. 7, fig. 15. 
Attus aestivalis Peckham, 1883, p. 2, fig. 2. 
Icius crassiventer Keyserling, Verh. z. b. Ges. Wien, 
1884, 34 : 503, pi. 13, fig. 11. 
Dendryphantes aestivalis Emerton, Trans. Conn. Acad.., 
1891, 8 : 228, pi. 17, fig. 2. 
Dendryphantes capitatus Peckham, Trans. Wise. Acad., 
1909, 16 : 469, pi. 36, fig. 4, pi. 38, fig. 5. 
Hentz described capitatus from a single male collected in 
Georgia and on the plate, he failed to place a line next the 
figure to indicate the length, so it can be inferred that the 
drawing is the natural size. If this inference is correct, 
capitatus is probably a Phidippus and not found in New 
England as all the specimens found here are small. How- 
ever, the male and female are marked differently and Hentz 
described several other species that are common in the south 
that would agree very well with the females collected in 
New England. 
Attus aestivalis is described by the Peckhams, from a 
pair collected in Pennsylvania. Unfortunately the types are 
missing from the Peckham Collection in the Museum of 
Comparative Zoology, and neither can be found in the col- 
lection any specimens named by them. The figure of the 
palpus shows two dark, sinuous processes at the tip of the 
bulb but the processes are not connected. The figure of the 
epigynum is also rather indefinite, but the description states 
a “rounded opening at the posterior edge”. The length of the 
