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34. Epeira infumata. 



PI. 14, fig. 4. 



Description. Dusky gray ; abdomen with two lunate spots 

 and several abbreviated lines ; bi-tuberculated at base ; thighs 

 tipped with black. 



Observations. This spider is readily distinguished from any 

 other by its form and color. The lateral eyes are placed nearer 

 the edge of the cephalothorax than the middle ones, and this 

 character is possessed by E. stellata (?), prompta, hebes, and 

 spinea. 



Habitat. North Carolina ; Alabama. [20.] 



[PI. 18, fig. 52, eyes. Legs arranged 1. 2. 4. 3. Taken 

 June 30. Supplement.'] 



35. Epeira heptagon. 



PI. 14, figs. 5, 6. 



Description. Blackish ; abdomen with an angular line on 

 each side near the base, and several small irregular spots white 

 or yellowish ; seven or nine projections placed round the edge, 

 the two interior ones largest, producing in their intervals seven 

 or nine sides ; two angular white spots underneath ; male of a 

 much lighter color, but with the same general markings. 



Observations. This was first found in the clay tube of a 

 Sphex cyanea, along with Epeira alba and thirty-eight speci- 

 mens of Theridion lineatum. It makes a perpendicular web, 

 and drops from it when threatened with the slightest danger. 



Habitat. North Carolina ; Alabama. 



[PI. 18, fig. 53, eyes; fig. 72, outline of cephalothorax. 

 Body black, or sometimes rufous ; the legs are black, with pale 

 rings ; a male was found in Alabama with rufous hairy legs. 

 Legs arranged 1. 2. 4. 3. Taken in July. Supplement.] 



36. Epeira alba. 

 PI. 14, fig. 7. 

 Description. Cream white ; abdomen with a tuberculated 



