Superfamily Argiopoidea 



irregular net-work of light markings as shown in the figure. The 

 adult male (Fig. 432), is nearly three eighths inch in length. The 

 cephalothorax is large and broad; the abdomen, of moderate size. 

 The light markings of the abdomen are more marked near the 



Fig. 432. META MENARDII, MALE 



middle line than in the female. The tarsus of the pedipalp bears, 

 on the upper side near its base a very prominent spur, which is 

 hooked at the tip. 



This cave-inhabiting species I find common in deep recesses 

 in the cliffs on the shores of Cayuga Lake, and especially in those 

 that are so situated that the sun does not shine into them, and 

 even in such of these as are darkened by a dense growth of shrub- 

 bery at the mouth. I have also found them in a culvert under a 



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