THE LINYPHIAD^ 



141 



twice as large as 



the others and 



twice as far apart 



as the front middle 



pair. The space 



between and 



around the middle 



eyes is black. The 



top of the abdo- 

 men is a little flat- 

 tened and extended 



back in a blunt 



black point over 



the spinnerets (fig. 



330). The male 



(fig. 331) differs lit- 

 tle from the female 



except in the more 



slender abdomen 



and longer legs. 



The male palpi are 



as long as those of the female and only a little thickened at the 



ends. The blackened point on the end of the abdomen is less 



distinct in the male than the female. 

 The web is a little concave, not as 

 deep as that of marginata and with 

 smaller meshes. It is made among 

 low plants. This is a common 

 species in the South. 



Linyphia phrygiana. — This is one 

 of the most common species and 



Figs. 330, 331. Linyphia cocdnea.— lives both in the woods and around 



330, female. 331, male enlarged _ . , . 



twelve times. houses. It is larger than marginata 



3 2 9 



3 2 7 



Figs. 326, 327, 328, 329. Linyphia mandibulata. — 326, mark- 

 ings of abdomen of female enlarged eight times. 327, side 

 of abdomen. 328, cephalothorax and palpus of male. 329, 

 mandibles of male. 



