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THE COMMON SPIDERS 



Figs. 336, 337, 338. Liny- 



middle of the femora 

 and tibiae. The spines 

 are long and darker than 

 the skin. The epigy- 

 num is folded twice, so 

 that only part of it is seen ex- 

 tending out from the under side 

 of the abdomen (figs. 340, 341). 

 The palpus of the male (fig. 

 339) has large and complicated 

 appendages at the end. In 



phia nebuiosa. 336, pr ene ral shape it is rounder than 



male. 337, female en- ° L 



larged twelve times, in the next species, and the 



-218, markings of back -. .11 r .1 



of abdomen. angle at the base of the tarsus 



is less prominent. This spider 

 is common in cellars and other damp and shady 

 places about houses. It is common in Europe and is perhaps 

 imported. The web is flat, 

 like that of L. pJuygiana, and 

 often large for the size of the 

 spider, sometimes covering a 

 pail or box a foot wide. 



Linyphia (Bathyphantes) minuta. 

 — One-eighth of an inch long, 



a little smaller than nebuiosa. 

 The cephalothorax is yel- 

 lowish brown, darker at 

 the edges, but without any 

 middle line. The dark 

 markings of the abdomen 

 nearly cover it, so that it 

 appears dark gray with 

 light markings instead of 



34° 341 



Figs. 339, 340, 341. Linyphia nebuiosa. — 339, 

 palpus of male. 340, epigynum from below. 

 341, epigynum from the right side. 



