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ATT1D/E OF THE UNITED STATES. 
1883 
small median eye is in a line with the lower edge of the dorsal eye, 
and is nearer to it than to the lateral eye. 
The palpus is light rufous, or pale, covered with white hairs. 
The maxillae and lip are brown in color, short, and rounded. 
The legs are varied with rufous and black. There are femoral, pa- 
tellarv, tibial, and metatarsal spines on the four pairs. 
The ground color of the abdomen is velvety black; there is a 
white band at the base; a central longitudinal white band which be- 
gins at a little distance from the basal band and stops short of the 
apex, and which is usually slightly enlarged, or pointed like an arrow 
at its anterior extremity; and a scalloped white band on each side 
which begins in a line with, or a little posterior to, the beginning of 
the central band, and, curving downward, passes along the side to the 
apex. The white of these abdominal markings has usually a distinct 
tint of salmon-color. 
The venter is covered with light brownish hairs. 
The epigynum has the usual opening at the posterior edge. The 
tubes may be seen through the skin. 
Habitat, Wisconsin. 
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MALE— Length, S mm. ; width of abdomen, 2.8 mm. ; length of ceph.th., 8.1 mm. ; width 
of ceph.th., 3 mm. 
Legs. 
Fom . 
Pat. 
Tib. 
Metat. 
Tars. 
Total. 
1 . 
2.6 
1.1 
2.1 
1.7 
.9 
8.4 
2. 
1.9 
.9 
1 . 
1 . 
.8 
5.6 
3. 
2. 
.9 
1.1 
1 . 
.9 
5.9 
4 . 
2.2 
1 . 
1.9 
1.9 
.9 
7.9 
The cephalothorax is high, the. thoracic part being much longer 
than the cephalic, and dilated; the junction of the sides with the up- 
per surface has no distinct edge, but is rounded. The upper surface is 
black, covered with short white hairs; the sides are dark brown with 
some irregular whitish spots, and sparse yellowish hairs; the lower 
margin is slightly darker than the rest of the sides; there are some 
long reddish yellow hairs on the eye-region. 
The quadrangle of the eyes is wider than long, and wider behind. 
The dorsal eye is a little smaller than the lateral, and is placed much 
higher, a straight line from its lower border passing above the lateral 
eye. The very small median eye is in a line with the lower border of 
the dorsal eye, but is much nearer the lateral eye. The anterior row 
of eyes is slightly curved, a straight line from the top of the middle 
eyes cutting the upper borders of the lateral eyes. The middle are 
almost twice as large as the lateral eyes, and all four are well separ- 
ated. The clypeus is two-thirds as wide as the middle eyes, vertical, 
dark brown, mottled with white, and having a few yellowish hairs. 
