THE AGALENIDvE 



The larger Agalenidae are the makers of the flat wide 

 cobwebs that are so common on the grass and in the corners 



Fig. 221. Web of Agalena nxvia in long grass, seen from above. One-third the real size. 



of barns and cellars. They resemble some of the Drassidae, 

 especially Agrceca and Anyphaena (pp. 1-14). The head is 

 large and marked off by shallow grooves from the thorax, and 



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