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THE ATTID^E 



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Maevia vittata. — This is a brightly colored spider about a third 

 of an inch long and with unusually long legs for this family, — 

 the fourth pair longest in the females and the first and fourth 

 of equal length in the males. The female (fig. 152) has the 

 legs and palpi translucent yellow or greenish white. They are 

 marked with indistinct light gray rings and black spots at the 

 base of the hairs and spines. The cephalothorax is dark brown 

 between the eyes 

 and translucent 

 like the legs in 

 the thoracic part. 

 There is a fine 

 black line in the 

 middle and one on 

 each side and a 

 few gray marks 



radiating from the 

 dorsal groove. 

 Thewholetop 1 

 of the cephalothorax 

 is covered with green- 

 ish yellow scales mixed 

 with gray hairs. The 

 eyes are black, and 

 sometimes there is a 

 red stripe under the 

 eyes at the sides. The 

 abdomen is covered 



with scales which in the middle and at the sides are gray and 

 mixed with black hairs. There are two longitudinal bands of 

 light red and indistinct angular marks of the same color in the 

 middle of the hinder half. On the under side the colors are light 

 gray and yellow, with spots of darker gray on the abdomen. 



Figs. 153, 154. Maevia vittata. — Males enlarged six 

 times. 153, dark variety with long hairs on front 

 of head. 154, light variety colored like the female. 



