Superfamily Argiopoidea 



are arranged in a more or less definite series (Fig. 550). The 

 abdomen is triangular in outline. 



The following is our best-known representative of the genus; 

 a second species, E.fuscovittata, has been found in Florida. 



Eustala anasiera (E. a-nas'te-ra). — This is a common species 

 throughout the United States and southward. The female meas- 



I i • ;s - EUSTALA ANASTERA 



Fig. 553. ABDOMEN OF EUSTAI. A ANASTERA 



ures from one fourth to threeeighths of an inch in length. The 

 abdomen is wide in front, bluntly pointed behind (Fig. S5i). and 

 about as high behind as in front (Fig. 552); in some individuals 

 the pointed end of the abdomen is turned a little upward, resem- 

 bling a Cyclosa. The markings of the abdomen are exceedingly 

 variable; in Fig. 5 s 3 are represented several varieties, which 



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