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ATTIByE OB THE UNITED STATES. 
1883 
higher, a straight line from the lower margin of the dorsal cutting the 
upper margin of the lateral eye. The median eye, which is very 
small, lies in a line with the middle of the lateral eye, and is nearer 
the lateral than the dorsal eye. There is a small elevation just above 
and within the dorsal eye. The anterior eyes are almost touching, 
and are in a slightly curved row, a straight line from the summit of 
the middle eyes cutting the lateral eyes above the centre. The lateral 
are about half as large as the middle eyes. The clypeus is about one- 
fourth as wide as the middle eyes, vertical, black, with a few long 
reddish hairs. 
The palpus is long, with many reddish hairs. The tibia is shorter 
than the patella, with an apophysis on the outer side. The bulb of 
the tarsus is long and simple. 
The falces are stout and rather long; they are vertical, and vary in 
color from blue to green. 
The maxillae are rounded and dark colored; the lip, also dark col- 
ored and rounded, is half as long. 
The sternum is oval, black. The anterior thighs are separated by 
the width of the lip at the base. 
The relative length of the legs is 4, 1, 3, 2. The first pair is the 
stoutest, the second next. The femora are dark, the other joints 
brown or reddish. There are tibial and metatarsal spines on the four 
pairs, and femoral spines on the first and second. 
The abdomen is uniform scarlet, or, in some specimens, brick red. 
There are four impressed dots on the. dorsum. 
The venter is dark. 
FEMALE— Length, 10 mm.; width of abdomen, 4.0 mm.; length of oeph.th., 4 mm.: 
width of ceph.th., 8.1 mm. 
Lege, 7.5, ti, 6.4, 8.1. 
The abdomen has a whitish line around the base. 
The venter has two longitudinal white lines running to a point in 
front of the spinnerets. 
The epigynum presents a rounded plate, with two dark spots and 
a large posterior opening. 
Habitat, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, Wisconsin, 
Iowa, 
Observations. Not uncommon in Wisconsin. 
