470 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 
1888. Dendeyphantes capitatus P., Wis. Acad. Sciences, Arts and 
Letters, VII, N. A. Attidse, p. 36. 
1888. Eris octavus P., ibid., p. 54. 
1891. Dendeyphantes aestivalis E., Trans. Conn. Acad., VIII, New 
England Attidse, p. 10. 
1892. Dendeyphantes B. (insignis, ornatus; exiguus capitatus), Proc. 
Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., pp. 74, 75. 
1901. Metaphidippus capitatus F. O. P. C., Biol. Cent. Am., Arachn. 
Aran. II, p. 272. 
1904. Dendeyphantes capitatus Scheffer, Industrialist, XXX, 24, p. 8. 
8 . Length 4.5 to 5 mm. $ 5 to 6.5 mm. Legs 8 1423, 
$ 4123. Spinal armature, 8 $ tibia I 3-3, occupying nearly 
the whole length of the joint; tibia II 1-1 and 2 single spines 
farther back, and 1 anterior lateral; pat. I, II 1 anterior lat¬ 
eral; met. I, II 2-2. 
The cephalothorax of the male is dark brown, a white band 
passes back from behind the lateral eyes, under the dorsal eyes, 
bending toward the one opposite behind, but not uniting with 
it. Above the front eyes are white hairs and below each lateral 
eye white stripes pass out and down on the sides; between the 
large front eyes is a vertical white line. The falces are dark. 
The palpi have bunches of white hairs on the distal ends of the 
femora and white also on the upper sides of the tarsi. The ab¬ 
domen is dark brown, bronze in the middle, and is encircled by 
a white band, which is notched on its inner side. The legs are 
ringed, white at the end of each joint and brown in the middle. 
The females are very variable in color. The light variety 
has the light parts white or light yellow and the dark parts 
dark brown covered with white hair and scales. The cephalo¬ 
thorax is brown covered thinly with white scales. The abdomen 
is yellower than the thorax with four pairs of purplish brown 
spots, the second pair largest, connected with a paler brown 
middle marking. The other parts are light brown. The legs 
are yellow, ringed with brown on each joint. 
The dark variety, Mr. Emerton says, is generally smaller 
and covered with longer hairs and scales. The dark spots on 
the abdomen are smaller and more connected with dark lines. 
The legs and palpi are more distinctly ringed with dark brown. 
