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Observations. This spider is found in meadows making the 

 web of an Epeira, and is not found on wet ground more than in 

 dry places. It is very different from T. grallator, particularly 

 in the position of its eyes, which in the male and female are 

 placed in two sensibly curved rows ; whereas in that species 

 these rows are straight, the upper one almost bent the other 

 way. 



Habitat. United States. 



[Ohio, 6, ¥. Wm. Holden. j. h. e.] 



LrNYFHiA. Latr. 



Characters. Cheliceres moderately long ; maxilla? sho?'t, par- 

 allel, wider and truncated at the top ; lip very short, subtriangu- 

 lar; palpi slender; eyes eight, equal, four in the middle, nearly in 

 the form of a square ; two each side, placed together on a common 

 elevation; feet slender, the first pair [28] longest, then the second 

 and the fourth, the third being the shortest. 



Habits. Araneides sedentary, forming a compound web, 

 composed of a horizontal one, which is surmounted by threads 

 irregularly crossed ; usually standing in an inverted position 

 under the horizontal web. 



Remarks. This subgenus is very readily recognized by its 

 singular webs, observable on bushes and weeds, particularly in 

 the morning when covered with dew. There is less ferocity in 

 the spiders of this division than in any other of the family. It 

 is the only subgenus in which the male and female may be seen 

 harmoniously dwelling together. 



1. Linyphia communis. 



El. 15, fig. 4. 



Description. Female: Cephalothorax rufous ; abdomen pur- 

 plish black above, with about five spots on each side, nearly 

 united in the form of two longitudinal bands ; farther down 

 are about five smaller white marks ; purplish black beneath ; 



