THE EPEIRID^ 



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brownish yellow, without markings. The abdomen is oval and 



light yellow or crimson, the latter color more common in the 



young. Sometimes there are two white lines in the middle. 



At the sides of the 



hinder half of the 



abdomen are three 



pairs of round black 



spots surrounded by 



lighter rings (fig. 405). 



The under side of the 



abdomen is a little 



darker than the upper 



side, with no distinct 



markings. 



The male has the 

 legs and cephalotho- 

 rax darker brown 

 than the female, and 

 the black spots on the 

 abdomen larger and 

 surrounded more dis- 

 tinctly with white, 

 which sometimes 

 forms a stripe on each 

 side. The tibiae of 

 the second legs are 

 not thickened. The 

 webs are usually 

 small and among 

 leaves. 



Epeira globosa or triaranea. — Length about a quarter of an 

 inch, the male a third smaller. The abdomen is round and as 

 wide as long, and in the female large for the size of the spider. 



Fig. 406. Web of Epeira globosa in the corner of a door- 

 way, showing the large tent at the top, from which a 

 coarse thread runs to the center of the round web. 



