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abdomen with many markings of black and dusky surrounding 

 a spot in the form of a cross ; thighs rufous at base, tipped with 

 a blackish ring, other joints with dusky rings ; abdomen under- 

 neath with a large black spot, near the centre of which are 

 two white dots. A large species. 



Observations. This spider is often found in dark places, and 

 even in dark apartments not much frequented, where it makes 

 its web. The female is supplied with a hook over the vulva 

 as in E. diadema. See Rdgne Animale, IV, p. 218. It makes 

 a cocoon of yellow silk in the shape of a button, lenticular, and 

 attached to a solid body. 



Habitat. Alabama. July, September. 



[PI. 19, fig. 123 ; lateral and ventral view of the abdomen. 



Legs arranged 1. 2. 3. 4. Suppleme?it.'] 



[?, length 10.8 mm.; cephalothorax 3.9 mm.; legs 15, 13.9, 8.2, 14. 

 Salem, Mass., Sept. 6; on fences; Cambridge, Mass., Aug., J; Provi- 

 dence, R. I.; Hartford, Conn. J. H. E.] 



5. Epeira septima. 

 PI. 12, fig. 9. 



Description. Rufous, spotless, hairy above ; abdomen with 

 two impressed dots above, and with two angular lines yellow- 

 ish beneath, thus V, blackish in the centre ; feet varied with 

 yellowish and deep rufous. 



Observations. This large species is not rare, and is found 

 more commonly in the Autumn. When caught it spins, proba- 

 bly for defence, a large quantity of beautiful white silk which 

 it draws out by pressing its posterior feet against the abdomen. 



Habitat. North Carolina, Alabama. 



[The hair is yellow. Legs arranged 1. 2. 4. 3. It makes a 

 very high web. Taken in September. Supplement.'] 



6. Epeira insularis. 



PI. 12, fig. 10. 



Description. Cephalothorax rufous ; abdomen yellow, with 

 many waving purplish markings ; thighs and proximate joints 



