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THE COMMON SPIDERS 



brighter than in angulata or silvatica. The cephalothorax has 

 the cephalic part brown and the sides pale. The legs are 

 marked with broken brown rings at the ends and middle of 

 each joint. The abdomen is brown of various shades, with 

 light markings on the front part that are often bright red or 

 yellow. There is a narrow light line across the 

 abdomen from the middle to each hump and 



around the outer side 

 of it. In front of these 

 light lines the abdomen 

 is generally darker, ex- 

 cept a light spot, some- 

 times cross shaped, in 

 the middle. The hinder 

 half of the abdomen has 

 sometimes an indistinct 

 middle stripe. The 

 under side of the abdo- 

 men has the usual mid- 

 dle dark area, with a 

 curved yellow mark each 

 side of it. The finger 

 of the epigynum is usu- 

 ally absent, as if broken 

 off. 



Epeira trivittata and 

 domiciliorum. — These 

 spiders, which may be 

 considered varieties of 

 one species, are among the most common Epeiridae, at least in 

 the northern part of the country, the smaller variety, trivittata, 

 quarter of an inch long, living in small bushes and marsh grass, 

 and the larger variety in trees and fences. The abdomen is 



Figs. 393, 394, 395. Epeira trivittata, enlarged four 

 times. — 393, female. 394, male. 395, markings 

 of under side of abdomen. 



