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THE COMMON SPIDERS 



are shorter and stouter than those of fissiccps. It lives in dead 

 leaves and moss, sometimes under stones, and is sometimes 



found flying in the autumn. 



Ceratinella fissiceps. — These little spiders are 

 among the smallest species, 

 measuring only a sixteenth of an 

 inch in length. The cephalotho- 

 rax and abdomen are short and 

 round, and the abdomen has a 

 round thickened spot on the back, 

 more deeply orange colored than 

 the part around it. The head is 

 black around the eyes, and a black 

 line extends backward half the 

 figs. 371, 372, 373. Ceratinella fissiceps. length of the cephalothorax. The 



- 371, varieties in the form of the head. head f th malg extends f orward 

 372, yjy palpus 01 male. 



over the mandibles, carrying with 

 it the front middle eyes, and above it is a rounded hump with 

 the hind middle eyes. The 

 pairs of lateral eyes are 

 opposite the crease between 

 the humps (figs. 371). The 

 female has at the same point 

 a slight crease across the 

 head and an elevation before 

 and behind it. They are 

 very common on low bushes 

 in summer and under leaves 

 in winter, and are occasion- 

 ally seen in the autumn 

 flights. 



Figs. 374, 375, 376. Cornicularia directa. — 



Cornicillaria directa. The 374, male enlarged sixteen times. 375, head 



1 , c , r ,, of male showing the double horn. 376, head 



males and females are of the of male from above. 



