126 Mr. Blackvvall's Catalogue of Spiders 



Genus Linyphia, Latr. 



34. Linyphia pallida. 



Theridion pallidum. Koch, Die Arachn. b. iii. p. 64. tab. xciv. fig. 216. 



M. Koch has placed this spider among the Theridia ; but it is evident, from 

 the structure of its maxillae and legs, the disposition of its eyes, and its gene- 

 ral economy, that it belongs to the genus Linyphia. In autumn it spins among 

 grass growing in the grounds about Oakland a horizontal sheet of web, sup- 

 ported by fine lines united to its upper surface and to each other at various 

 angles, and attached to objects situated above it. Like its congeners, it takes 

 its station on the under side of the web in an inverted position, and there 

 watches for its prey. 



Family Epeirid^. 

 Genus Epeira, Walck. 



35. Epeira bicornis. 



Epeira bicornis. Walck. Tabl. des Aran. p. 57. 



This species is found on the trunks of trees growing in the wooded parts of 

 Denbighshire. In July the female constructs a subglobular cocoon of light 

 brown silk, of a loose texture, measuring about ^rd of an inch in diameter, in 

 which the eggs are deposited. 



36. Epeira agalena. 



Epeira agalena. Walck. Tabl. des Aran. p. 69. Hahn, Die Arachn. b. ii. p. 29. 

 tab. xlvii. fig. 115. 



Epeira agalena fabricates a geometric net of moderate dimensions, not open 

 at the centre, among coarse plants and low bushes growing in pastures near 

 Llanrwst. It does not appear to spin a cell, but usually takes its station on 

 objects contiguous to its snare. In June the female constructs a subglobular 

 cocoon of yellowish brown silk of a loose texture, about half an inch in dia- 

 meter, in which she deposits 140 or 150 dark brown spherical eggs, aggluti- 

 nated together in a globular mass measuring ^th of an inch in diameter. 



