Peckham — Revision, of the Attidce of North America. 451 
1875. Attus (vittatus $, niger $) H., Occ. Pap. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, 
pp. 63, 64. 
1888. Astia (vittata) P. Wis. Acad. Sciences, Arts and Letters, VII, N. 
A. Att. p. 70. 
1891. M^via Em., Trans. Conn. Acad., VIII, p. 18. 
1901. M^via E. S., Hist. Nat. des Aran., 2nd Ed., II, p. 849. 
1901. Mjevia P., Wis. Acad. Sciences, Arts and Letters XIII, p. 343. 
1905. M^evia B., Amer. Nat., XXXIX, p. 321. 
Cephalothorax rather high, with sides nearly vertical and 
parallel in front, widening behind. Cephalic part a little in¬ 
clined, thoracic scarcely falling in first half. Eye-region occu¬ 
pying 2-5 of cephalothorax, slightly wider in front than behind, 
from 1-5 to 1-3 wider than long. Front eyes in a straight or 
slightly curved row, middle twice as large as lateral. Second 
row about half-way between the others. Third row nearly as 
wide as cephalothorax. Legs rather slender, first pair slightly 
stoutest. Sternum long, narrow in front. Coxse I nearly touch¬ 
ing. Falx with a compound tooth on lower margin. 
M^EJVIA POULTONII P. 1901. 
Plate XLIX, figs. 8—8b. 
1901. MLevia poultonii P., Wis. Acad. Sciences, Arts and Letters, XIII, 
p. 344. 
1906. Plexippus vittatus 5, B., Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., VII, p. 100. 
Length, 8 7 mm., 2 9.5 mm. Legs, 8 $ 4132, first and 
second plainly stoutest, and heavier than in vittata. Spines, 8 
tib. I 4-4, and anterior and posterior laterals, pat. I 2 anterior 
laterals, pat. II 1 anterior lateral, met. I, II 2-2 and laterals; 
2 resembling 8 but lacking posterior laterals and the patellary 
spine on the second, and having only one anterior spine on pat. 
I. The tooth on the margin of the falx is more markedly com¬ 
pound in the female than in the male. 
The cephalothorax in the male is blackish in the eye-region, 
and under alcohol looks dark brown and glabrous behind and on 
the sides, with black rays on the thorax. When dry it shows a 
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