Superfamily Argiopoidea 



beautiful bright transparent green colour marked with red spots 

 and black spines. 



The adult female measures three fourths of an inch in length, 

 the male a little less; the eye-space is red, and there are irregular 

 red spots, which vary in number and size, along the middle of the 

 cephalothorax, and on each side; on the abdomen there are two 

 rows of red spots which are sometimes united into a stripe, and 



Fig. 735- PEUCETIA VIKIDAXS AND EGG-SAC 



a variable number of pairs of yellowish, oval, oblique spots, 

 edged with brown or red. The legs are pale and conspicuously 

 marked with black dots, and sometimes with red lines and dots. 



The spiders reach maturity in the latter part of the summer. 

 At this time the female makes its egg-sac. This is hemispherical 

 in outline, with small projecting tufts (Fig. y^s): it is suspended 

 by threads among twigs or leaves. After the egg-sac is completed, 

 the female remains near it guarding it. The young emerge from 

 the egg-sac in the autumn. 



Genus OXYOPES (Ox-y-o'pes) 



In this genus the posterior row of eyes is strongly procurved 

 and the eyes of which it is composed are equidistant from each 



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