Superfamily Argiopoidea 



of the preceding species; the lateral halves of the atriolum are not 

 divided by furrows, and the scape is comparatively short. 



The male (Fig. 504) is much smaller than the female, measur- 

 ing about one fifth inch in length, and its markings are less dis- 

 tinct. The tibiae of the second legs are not thickened as in A. gigas. 



Fig. 503. 

 EPIGYNUM OF ARA.NEA TRIFOLIUM 



Fig. 502. 

 ARANEA TRIFOLIUM, FEMALE 



Fig. 504- 

 ARANEA TRIFOLIUM, MALE 



Fig. 505. 

 ARANEA'TRIIOI.U M CANDICANS 



The three-lobed figure which suggested the common name 

 of this species is not distinctively characterise ; for a similar 

 mark is often borne by individuals of the preceding species. 



There is a remarkable female variety of this species, Aranca 



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