Superfamily Argiopoidea 



a dark median stripe and dark margins. The abdomen bears a 

 brown stripe which is narrow in front and wide behind (Fig. 544). 

 On each side of this stripe there is a row of black spots; and in the 

 wider portion a pair of white spots. There is a considerable 

 variation in the depth of colour of the brown stripe. The male 

 resembles the female in colour and markings. 



This is a very widely distributed species; and, like M . gibbe- 

 rosa, it makes a very finely meshed web. The finest meshed web 

 I have ever seen was made by a spider of this species. 



Af angora maculata (M. mac-u-la'ta). — The male measures 

 one eighth inch in length; the female, nearly one fifth. This 



Fig. 543. 

 HUB OF WEB OF MANGORA GIBBEROSA 



Fig. 544. MANGORA PLAC1DA 



species can be distinguished from Af. gibberosa by the markings of 

 the abdomen, which consist of several pairs of black spots on the 

 hinder half; sometimes these spots are connected by brownish 

 transverse bands. 



Like the two preceding species, this one is widely distributed, 

 but it is much less common. 



Genus LARINIA (La-rin'i-a) 



These are elongate spiders, the abdomen, in our species, 

 being two or three times as long as wide. The abdomen projects 

 over the cephalothorax in a blunt point; and extends a short 



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