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projection each side, anteriorly, a blackish spot between these, 

 and two dots on the disc ; legs with pale blackish rings. 



Observations. Found in the clay nest of Sphex cyanea. It 

 must be very rare. 



Habitat. North Carolina. 



[PI. 18, fig. 21, eves. Legs arranged 1. 2. 4. 3. Taken in 

 July. Supplement.'] 



37. Epeira cornigera. 

 PI. 14, fig. 8. 



Description. Yellowish ; cephalothorax varied with yellow 

 and black, with a bifurcated horn on each side, and many 

 rounded tubercles ; abdomen with two tubercles, one on each 

 side anteriorly, and about eight impressed dots on the disc ; feet 

 deep yellow, two anterior pair sometimes annulated with pice- 

 ous. A small species. 



Observations. This very singular little spider obstinately 

 holds its legs folded up as represented, in the manner of some 

 coleopterous insects. 



Habitat. Alabama. June, July. [21.] 



[PL 18, fig. 44, eyes. Legs arranged 1. 2. 4. 3. Supple- 

 ment.] 



Tribe V. Spinosje. Abdomen elongated with spines; feet, 

 fourth pair longest. 



38. Epeira spinea. 

 PI. 14, fig. 9. 



Description. Rufous ; cephalothorax with a yellowish mar- 

 gin ; abdomen with six spines ; disc yellow, with black im- 

 pressed dots ; feet 4. 1. 2. 3. 



Observations. This very singular spider usually makes its 

 web in low bushes, and sometimes places it horizontally. It 

 drops from its web, hanging by a thread, when threatened. Its 

 nipples are borne on a projection, which is an impediment to 



