00 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. iv. 
is rather prominent; at the tip on the under side is a curved projection; on the inner 
side of bulb is a long pointed piece, and near the tip is a short, stout tube. 
Palo Alto and Black Mt., Oct. and Nov. [R. W. Doane]. 
Tegenaria californica, sp. nov. 
Length 3.5 to 4 mm. Cephalothorax pale, with a black margin, dark spots on 
the radial furrows, a larger one over the dorsal groove, which gives off branches, the 
narrower pair curve to the P, S. E., the broader pair extend to the P. M. E.; eyes on 
black spots; mandibles testaceous, sternum blackish ; abdomen black, with white 
spots, mostly near base, and some narrow chevrons near tip; venter spotted, the 
spinnerets black ; legs pale, four marks on underside of femora, one on patellae, three 
on tibiae, two or three on metatarsi. Cephalothorax low, moderately broad; anterior 
row of eyes straight, A. M. E. smaller than others, hardly one-half their diameter 
apart, posterior row procurved, the P. M. E. fully their diameter apart, and as far from 
the equal P. S. E.; sternum broad, pointed between hind coxae, sides rounded; legs 
long, with scattered slender spines and hairs; abdomen nearly twice as long as 
broad, pointed behind. The epigynum shows two oblong dark marks, reddish and 
separated at base, black and united at tip. The tibia of the male palpus has a furrow 
at base, with a ridge each side, and a small projection at tip; tarsus very large, al¬ 
most globose, with a slender tip, half as long as the main part, the bulb is circular, 
not much convex, with a stout, short, curved tube from centre, and a hyaline sheath. 
Black Mt. and Univ. Campus; under boards, etc., Nov. [R. W. 
Doane]. 
Epeirid^e. 
Epeira excelsa, sp. nov. 
Length £ 7 mm.; abdomen 5 mm. wide at base. Cephalothorax and legs pale 
yellow or brownish-yellow, usually without markings except bands at tips of metatarsi ‘ 
and hind tibiae ; sternum brown; abdomen brown or yellowish, a pale yellow band 
connecting the two basal humps, beyond sometimes with two blackish spots; venter 
dark in middle, with an indistinct yellowish mark each side. A. M. E. twice their 
diameter apart, P. M. E., fully once their diameter apart, scarcely larger than the 
A. M. E.; cephalothorax clothed with whitish hair; legs with many spines; sternum 
triangular, broader than long, abdomen broader than long, with a large conical hump 
each side above, rounded at tip. The epigynum has a short stout finger lying across 
a transverse area, the finger reaching but little beyond the furrow. 
Palo Alto, Calif., May. [R. W. Doane]. 
Zilia californica, sp. nov. 
Length £ 7 mm., ceph. 3.3 mm. long, 2.5 mm. broad, tibia I 3.5 mm The 
cephalothorax is whitish, marginal seam black, a large triangular black spot over the 
pars cephalica, somewhat ragged around dorsal groove, extending down on clypeus 
and on red-brown mandibles, sometimes showing darker middle and side-lines; ster¬ 
num pale, broadly margined on the.sideswith black; legs pale, with black bands at 
middle and tip of femora, tip of patellae, middle and tip of tibiae, and less distinct be¬ 
yond abdomen grayish, with a broad folium, rather silvery near the middle, black 
