THE ATTIUiC 



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I have found this spider common on sand grass, where nothing 



else grows, and the young lying lengthwise on the leaves could 



hardly be seen. They mature in the middle of the summer. 

 When the male approaches the female he raises 

 the front legs at an angle of sixty degrees with 

 each other, raises the abdomen a little, and 



advances by short runs, twitching 

 the front legs and abdomen every 

 few moments. 



Cyrba taeniola. — A small flat 

 spider, nearly black, the females 

 quarter of an inch long, and the 

 males a sixth of an inch (fig. 159). 

 The cephalothorax is one-half 

 longer than wide, very low and 

 flat, with the sides parallel for half 

 its length. The front middle eyes 

 are large and close together, the 

 lateral 

 eyes half 

 as large 



and a little separated from them. The 



first legs are twice as thick as the others 



and have the femora flattened, but in 



the female the fourth legs are longest. 



The abdomen is as wide as the cephalo- 



160 



Figs. 159,160. Cyrba taeniola. — 159, 

 female enlarged eight times. 160, 

 profile to show flatness of the back. 



thorax and a little longer. The hairs 

 all over the body are short. The 





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162 



Figs. 161, 



162. 

 Hasarius hoyi. 

 — 161, young 

 female enlarged 

 six times, 162, 

 Cephalothorax is black, Smooth, and abdomen of adult female to show 



Without markings. The abdomen is difference in markings 



dark gray, with two rows of white spots often indistinct and 

 perhaps sometimes absent. The legs have the femora and patella 

 and tibia of first and second pairs black or dark brown and the 



