Ill 



[9, length 14 mm.; cephalothorax 6.2 mm.; legs 20.3. 18. G, 12.5, 17.5. 



This is very near Epeira quwlrata of Europe, if not the same species. 

 The females are often much larger than Hentz's figure, and vary in color 

 from dark purplish brown to light yellow. 



Eastern Massachusetts, September and October, in tents formed by 

 spinning several leaves together near their webs. J. ii. e.] 



9. Epeira aureola. 

 PI. 13, fig. 2. 



Description. Pale testaceous ; cephalothorax rufous ; abdo- 

 men orange color, with white dots of various sizes ; joints of 

 feet tipped with rufous, posterior thighs with one rufous ring 

 near the middle. 



Observations. This species certainly differs much in mark- 

 ings from E. trifolium, and yet, being found after the first 

 frost, it may have changed by the cold, and prove a mere 

 variety of that species. For the present, however, I consider 

 it as distinct. 



Habitat. Maine. 



[Legs arranged 1. 2. 4. 3. Supplement."] 



10. Epeira labyrinthea. 

 PI. 13, fig. 3. 



Description. Reddish brown, abdomen varied with paler 

 [472] spots, and a scolloped white line above, a white longi- 

 tudinal line edged with black and two white dots near the apex 

 beneath ; feet rufous, yellowish towards the end ; male the 

 same, with hairy legs. 



Observations. This very distinct and common species is of 

 middling size, seldom larger than the drawing. Its web is very 

 compound, for it unites together that of a Theridium, partly 

 that of an Agelena, and that of an Epeira. The web peculiar 

 to this sub-genus is in front, then usually a tube like thai of 

 Agelena leads from this to one made of crossed threads like 

 that of Theridium, at the upper part of which is constructed a 

 tent covered with dried leaves in the manner of shingles, under 



