Superfamily Argiopoidea 



are several oblique gray bands. The hair on the clypeus and 

 above the front eyes is fawn" (Peckham). 



Mr. Emerton discovered that the young male of this species 

 has a red clypeus which is lacking in the adult. 



The male measures a little more than one fifth inch in length ; 

 the female, one fourth inch. 



The species is widely distributed in the North from New 

 England to Wisconsin. 



Pellenes coronatus (P. cor-o-na'tus).— - This is a Southern 

 species closely allied to P. borealis, which is a Northern species. 

 In the male the clypeus is covered with short brilliant red hair 

 (in P. borealis only immature males have the clypeus red), and 

 on the anterior face of the tibia of the first legs there are two long 

 spatulate spines; the third legs are also abnormal in form. The 

 cephalothorax varies in colour from dark to pale; it has a marginal 

 white line on each side, these bow inward till they meet at the 

 posterior eyes and then spread outward on the thorax. The ab- 

 domen is black or brown; marked with white as follows: a basal 

 band, a transverse stripe near the middle, a central spot behind 

 this, and a pair of spots above the spinnerets. In the female the 

 colour is yellowish, with whitish bands, which, however, are much 

 less distinct than in the male. The male measures about one- 

 sixth inch in length; the female, one fifth. 



This is a Southern species, the range of which extends north 

 to Long Island and west to Texas and Colorado. 



Pellenes boyi (P. hoy'i).— 'The male is a brilliant spider 

 with variable markings. The upper part of the cephalothorax 

 is bright yellowish red, marked, above the front eyes, by a snowy 

 band which curves back to the eyes of the second row, where it 

 merges in the white side region, and by a small white spot between 

 the dorsal eyes. Below the eyes are wide white bands which 

 occupy the entire sides in front, but are limited to the upper half 

 farther back, the lower sides being black." 'The abdomen is 

 light golden on the back with an encircling white band, scalloped 

 behind the middle, bordered with red around the base and front 

 sides, and with black toward the spinnerets. Two short white 

 lines run back from the middle of the basal band. ( )n the posterior 

 part, above, are one or two pairs of oblique bars." 



'The female is less brilliant but not less variable than the 

 male. The cephalothorax is covered with a mixture of orange, 



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