£uperfamily Argiopoidea 



of the lines composing this sheet radiate from the central part 

 of it and support a network of hackled bands. 



1 have observed the egg-sac of A. bennetti. This is a loosely 

 woven, flat sac, attached to a stone or other object and covered 

 with an irregular mesh of threads. It is made near the web, 



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and the young, after they leave it. are attended by the mother. 

 In this species the young emerge in the latter part of the summer. 



The following are our more common species. 



Amaurohms bennetti (A. ben-net'ti). — This is the most 

 common species in the North (Fig. 255). The females are two 

 fifths of an inch long; the males, one third of an inch. It is of a 



27' 



