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and female in the same web, made on the roof of the cavity, 

 the spiders being in an inverted position. 

 Habitat. Alabama. April. 



17. Theridion intentum. 



PI. 16, fig. 19. 



Description. Abdomen yellowish, venter reddish brown, 

 with three transverse orange bands posteriorly, sides black, 

 and also the median line of the back ; thorax and legs black ; 

 legs 1. 2. 4. 3. 



Observations. A male and a female were found in the usual 

 web on a bush in a sink-hole on the La Grange Mountain. 

 The male resembled the female in markings. 



Habitat. Alabama. August and September. 



18. Theridion blandum. 



PI. 16, fig. 20. 



Description. Cephalothorax rufous, deeper in a line from 

 the eyes towards the base ; abdomen purplish, with an oblong 

 scalloped yellowish spot; feet pale yellowish green, 1. 2. 4. 3, 

 first pair very much longer. A small species. 



Observation. This spider makes its web in dark corners. 

 Its cocoon is rounded and white. It is closely related to T. 

 lyra. 



Habitat. Alabama. September. [279.] 



19. Theridion lyra. 



PI. 16, fig. 21. 



Description. Pale ; cephalothorax with a slender black line 

 branching out towards the eyes ; abdomen with two basal 

 curved, black lines, and a central branching dusky line, more 

 or less distinct ; pale, spotless beneath ; feet, 1. 4. 2. 3, first 

 pair much the longest. A small species. 



