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from rugifrons. In the majority of specimens taken there is an apical 

 lunule well defined, and sometimes the marginal dot appears. Other 

 specimens are immaculate, and, were it not that they occur with those 

 that are marked, would be placed as C. unicolor. 



Vulgaris and repanda, the former of the typical size, were also taken 

 at this locality. 



In passing from Hamlet to the seacoast, 115 miles, one journeys 

 directly through the pine district, which extends nearly the whole 

 distance. There is little doubt that this form of C scutellaris can be 

 taken at numerous points over the entire field. At Montague, 17 miles 

 from the coast, on sandy patches beneath the pine trees, although the 

 weather was unfavourable, two specimens of the same insect were taken, 

 having the apical lunule and small marginal dot. 



Vulgaris was common here, the larger number of specimens being of 

 the normal size. 



The ocean beach opposite Wilmington was wholly bare of the genus. 



Goldsboro' was the last collecting point on the trip. Sexguttata was 

 taken here in the woods for the only time since leaving High Point. It 

 appears to be absent in the pine belt. Here also occurred modesta and 

 vulgaris, both in the roads, the latter of the dwarfed form found at 

 Charlotte. 



BOOK NOTICE. 



The Common Spiders of the United States. — By J. H. Emerton ; 

 Ginn & Co., Boston, Mass., 1902 ; 8vo., pp. 225, figs. 501. 



This is a most welcome addition to the few books on the spiders of 

 the United States. It is based on the author's previous papers on the 

 New England spiders that have appeared during the past twenty years in 

 the Transactions of the Connecticut Academy. Some species from the 

 Southern States have been added, so that the work describes about 200 of 

 the commoner spiders of the North-eastern United States, and Canada. 

 There is an excellent introduction, which we wish were longer, and a 

 short, general treatment of each family. Under the family each species 

 is described in simple yet distinct language, and each species is figured. 

 The abundance and excellence of these figures greatly enhance the value 

 of the book, and make the determination of many of our common spiders 

 a very easy matter. There are also many fine photographs of spider- 

 webs, which indicate, as only photographs can, the beauty and 

 complexity of these delicate structures. The classification adopted is 

 that used by Blackwall many years ago, and the generic and specific 

 names are sometimes out-of-date. The book is nicely gotten up, well 

 printed, and with an appropriate cover-design representing a remarkable 

 new genus of blind Thomisidse. Nathan Banks. 



Mailed August 2nd, 1902. 



