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I'I.AIK 6-1. SPIDERS WHOSE COLOR AND SHAPE RENDER THEM DIFFICULT TO SKK. 



A. Epeira stellata upon a rush (Ji/nciis l>n_frnins), natural size; from a specimen given l>y 

 H. \V. Britcher. \\'hen this spider rests with its legs folded, its resemblance to a seed pod of the 

 rush is very close. D. Ariannics attciiiiatci, which resembles a stick. [From G. \Y. and E. G. 

 PECKH AM, after CAMI;RMM;K.] C. A spider which resembles a seed pod, natural sixe. D and 

 E. CcTrostris mitralis, which resembles a knot on a twig (magnified). [From G. \V. and E. G. 

 PECKHAM, after YlNSOX.] F. Kpnra /vvw/Az on a lichen-covered branch. [After G. \V. and 

 E. G. PECKHAM.] 'G. Uloborus plumipes, with its cocoon ir its web on a twig of larch. [After 

 G. \V. and E. G. PECKHAM.] 



