Superfamily Argiopoidca 



in length. The abdomen is long with nearly parallel sides. The 

 legs are long; and excepting the third pair are clothed with tufts 

 of hair. The cephalothorax is black above, but covered, except 

 in spots, with silver-coloured hairs. The abdomen is olive-brown 

 variously marked with yellow and white spots and stripes. The 



Fig. 437- NEI'HII.A CLAVIPES, ADULT FEMALE 



markings of the young differ somewhat from those of the adult 



(Fig. 438). 



The male is small, the female weighing more than one hundred 

 times as much as the male. The length of the body is one fourth 

 inch, and the legs spread less than one inch in a longitudinal and 



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