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THE COMMON SPIDERS 



in front that extends over the cephalothorax as far as the base 

 of the first legs, and a large point behind, with a smaller one 

 under it. At the sides are five pairs of points, and over the 

 first of these another pair a little higher on the back. The 



Fig. 420. Unfinished web of Epeira stellata with the spider hanging near the center. 



Half the real size. 



cephalothorax is brown, lighter in the middle and darker at 

 the sides, and covered with short gray hairs. The abdomen is 

 marked with lighter and darker spots of brown, the front part 

 generally dark with a very light middle spot, and the hinder 

 half showing traces of the usual middle stripe of Epeira. The 



