June, 1896.] 
Banks: New California Spiders. 
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Black Mt., Calif., Oct. 23, trap-door alongside of creek. Mr. R. 
W. Doane, collector. 
Drassid^e. 
Poecilochroa pacifica, sp. nov. 
Length 7 mm. Cephalothorax and legs reddish, latter darker toward tips; man¬ 
dibles red brown; sternum reddish; abdomen black, with a broad white stripe on 
each side above, reaching from base to beyond middle, connected at middle ; some 
indistinct pale chevrons above the black spinnerets; venter black, with a large basal 
area pale. Much resembling, at first sight, P. variegata, but different pattern on 
abdomen, and pale anterior legs and mandibles; the dorsal groove longer and more 
distinct; the posterior row of eyes straight, or barely recurved, the P. M. E. more 
than once their diameter apart; the sternum broader. The epigynum shows a nearly 
circular dark area, with a narrow transverse cavity in its posterior part. 
Univ. Campus; Nov. [R. W. Doane]. 
Agalenid^e. 
Agalena pacifica, sp. nov. 
Length 8-12 mm. Cephalothorax pale yellowish, seam black, a straight black 
stripe each side; mandibles rather reddish ; sternum reddish or yellowish; legs yel¬ 
lowish, often with rather indistinct dark bands; abdomen pale, with a black stripe 
each side above, a curved line partly around the spinnerets, and a line on each side 
of venter, black; epigynum reddish. P. M. E. about their diameter apart, faither 
from the P. S. E.; A. M. E. hardly one-half their diameter apart, and as close to the 
A. S. E.; last joint of the superior spinnerets no longer than the penultimate. The 
epigynum consists of a large rounded cavity, broader than long, opening behind into 
a cavity that extends to the transverse groove. The male palpi are black, the tibia 
much longer than broad, rather curved on the outer side, and has at base a double 
projection, each branch with a rounded tip, and at its tip, on the under side, a short 
straight projection; the tarsus is not prolonged much beyond the bulb, theie is a 
short curved tube at tip of bulb, a curved plate on inner side towaid base, and some 
short pieces near the center. 
Palo Alto and Black Mt. ; Oct. and Nov. [R. W. Doane.]. 
Agalena californica, sp. nov. 
Length 7—10 mm. Cephalothorax pale yellow, with a black seam, and a stiaight 
black stripe each side; mandibles more reddish; sternum pale in middle, always 
dark on sides; legs pale, darker toward tip, and with many clack bands; abdomen 
thickly spotted with black, forming a stripe each side, two curved pale marks at base, 
followed by pale spots; venter with a black line each side, and black spots on middle. 
Eyes similar to A. pacifica ; apical joint of superior spinnerets nearly twice as long 
as penultimate; epigynum show r s a cavity much l^roader than long, and the anteiioi 
margin at middle projecting backward. The tibia of the male palpus is about as 
long as broad, w r ith a concave hard piece on the outer side, the basal lidge of which 
