PSYCHE 
VOL. XLII 
JUNE 1935 
No. 2 
A FEW SOUTHERN SPIDERS 
By Elizabeth B. Bryant 
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 
During recent years, several small collections of spiders 
from Florida have been received at the Museum of Com- 
parative Zoology and among them are a few new and little 
known species. All types are in the museum collection. 
Gnaphoshle 
Herpyllus emertoni sp. n. (PI. V, Figs. 1, 2.) 
$ 6 mm. long, ceph. 2.5 mm., abd. 4 mm. 
Cephalothorax golden brown, with short, colorless hairs 
on the sides, thoracic groove long and distinct ; eyes covering 
two thirds the width of the head, anterior row slightly re- 
curved, a.m.e. largest of the eight, separated by a radius and 
almost touching the a.l.e., posterior row same length as 
anterior, slightly procurved, subequal, p.m.e. round, separ- 
ated by a diameter and from p.l.e. by fully a radius, lateral 
eyes separated by radius of p.l.e.; quadrangle of median 
eyes higher than wide and a little wider in front than be- 
hind ; clypeus less than a diameter of a.m.e. ; mandibles 
brown, slightly attenuate, superior margin of fang groove 
with three teeth, median largest, inferior margin with one 
small tooth, labium higher than wide ; maxillae not twice as 
high as labium, slightly inclined over labium, margin 
straight with darkened edge ; sternum oval, widest between 
II coxae, pointed between IV coxae; abdomen pale yellow, 
with scattered dark hairs ; legs same color as cephalothorax 
with many long hairs, spines, I tibia beneath, 1 at tip, 1 
median, metatarsus 1-1, basal, III tibia with a medium dor- 
sal spine ; epigynum dark, with two large oblique, oval areas 
