Peckham—Bevisioh of the Attidce of North America. 427 
Length, 13-18 mm. Legs, 4123, first pair enlarged and hairy. 
A very large, hairy spider, marked with red. The sides and 
thoracic part are covered with yellowish-gray hairs. On the 
cephalic plate are two square patches of black somewhat con¬ 
cave on their inner sides; beneath and in front of the patches 
and just above the first row of eyes the color is orange to 
yellowish-red. In the red and between the dorsal eyes, is 
an indistinct (becomes more distinct under alcohol) cresent- 
shaped black hand. The abdomen is covered with short bright 
red and long whitish hairs; at the base is a wide band of 
gray hairs. ISTear the middle of the hack is a large somewhat 
triangular shaped spot and behind this are two pairs not so 
large and transeversely elongated, all of a lighter red, and 
all encircled with black. In front of the middle spot are 
two round light red spots with black centers. The sides are 
covered with long gray hairs. The underpart of the abdomen 
is dark in the middle. The clypeus is covered with yellowish- 
white hairs; there are tufts of black hairs, in front of 
the dorsal eyes on the sides of the head. The palpi are yellow, 
with a covering of white scales and long white hairs on the sides. 
The first legs are plainly the stoutest; they are dark colored, 
except the metatarsi which are light. All the joints are covered 
with gray scales, the fringes are grayish except under femora 
and tibiae where there is a mixture of black and gray. The 
other legs are colored much like the first pair, except that the 
proximal halves of the patellae and tibiae of the third and fourth 
pairs are lighter colored than the outer ends of the joints. 
In our collection from Florida and Texas. Mr. Banks has it 
from Punta Gorda, Citrus County, Jacksonville, Enterprise 
and Levy County, Florida. Mr. C. R. Crosby took it recently 
in Alexandria, Virginia. 
