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her with his lono; legs. His abdomen was not truncated, and 

 its marking was somewhat different from that of the female. 

 This spider is apt to vary in color and marking. 



Habitat. United States. 



[PI. 18, fig. 83, eyes. Legs arranged 1. 2. 3. 4. Taken in 

 Massachusetts in October and March. Suppleme7it.~\ 



[Marietta, Ohio, d, ?. Wm. Holden. j. h. e.] 



4. Thomisus fartus. 

 PI. 10, fig. 4. 



Description. Pale yellow ; cephalothorax with an orange 

 fascia in the region of the eyes ; abdomen with a marginal red 

 band not reaching the apex, and five or seven impressed dots, 

 the band sometimes obsolete. 



Observations. This elegant species, first found on the Actoea 

 spicata in the Cambridge botanic garden, and often seen since 

 in various places, is always found on plants. It watches its 

 cocoon, which is attached usually under a leaf, [446] like that 

 of a Coccinella, and remains near till the eggs are hatched. 

 It varies in marking, and I have one specimen with red spots 

 on the back of the abdomen. It is nevertheless distinct from 

 T. celer^ and may be T. citreus, Regne An. iv. 256. 



Habitat. Massachusetts, Alabama. 



[PI. 18, fig. 69, eyes. Legs arranged, 1. 2. 4. 3. Supple- 

 ment.'] 



[Length of ? 10.3 mm. ; cephalothorax 3.6; legs 13, 13, G.6, 7.4. 



Milk white or light yellow, sometimes with a crimson stripe each side of 

 the abdomen, and a crimson spot between the eyes. 



Salem and Beverly, Mass., throughout the summer; young in May and 

 August. .1. n. E.] 



5. Thomisus celer. 



PI. 10, fig. 5. 



Description. Pale yellow, with a slight tinge of grass 



