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Notes on Dictyolathys maculata 
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Dictyolathys maculata Banks 
Figure 1 
Proc. Philadelphia Acad., 1900, p. 534. 
Female. Length, 1.5 mm. 
Cephalothorax moderately convex, cephalic portion level, 
with a median row of very long bristles from near the posterior 
margin to eyes, thoracic portion falls rapidly to posterior mar- 
gin; eyes in two groups that do not cover the anterior margin, 
anterior row strongly procurved, lateral eyes on a tubercle, a.l.e. 
separated by a diameter, a.m.e. very small, on posterior slope 
of tubercle, posterior row procurved, p.l.e. largest of the eight, 
A B 
Fig. 1. Dictyolathys maculata Banks. A, eyes; B, epigynum. 
separated from a.l.e. by a line and from p.m.e. by less than a 
radius, p.m.e. separated by about a diameter; quadrangle of 
median eyes much narrower in front and as high as wide be- 
hind; clypeus as high as radius of a.l.e.; mandibles small, 
verticle; labium triangular, with tip black, not fused to ster- 
num; maxillae inclined over labium with tips almost touching; 
sternum pale, strongly convex, only slightly longer than wide, 
ending in a lobe between IV coxae, IV coxae widely separated; 
abdomen oval, pale, with a small median basal black spot, fol- 
lowed by five pairs of diagonal black spots, sides with black 
streaks, venter pale; legs , pale, relatively short, varying little 
in length, but the IV pair longest, no spines, a dorsal row of 
trichobothria on IV tibia; calamistrum of curved bristles, less 
than the diameter of the joint in length, on basal half of IV 
metatarsus ; epigynum large for the size of the spider, chitinized 
area wider than long, with openings widely separated, and a 
pale depressed area just anterior to openings. 
