ROO .7. H. Emerton — JSfeio^ England Epeiridve. 



thorax is dark brown. The usual yellow spot on the first segment of 

 the abdomen is large and bright. There are two humps as in aiigu- 

 lata. The folium is black with a few yellow spots and the side areas 

 are covered with irregular spots of black and yellow. The legs and 

 palpi are marked as in the male fiAigidata but the femora are darker. 

 The tibia of the second pair is eularged as in tlie allied species. 



This spider Avas found on the fence of the reservoir below Spring 

 pond in Peabody, Mass., Sept. 20, 1869. 



Epeira corticaria, new. 



Plate XXXIII, figure 14. Plate XXXV, figure 9. 



This little spider may easily be mistaken for the young of angidata. 

 It is 0""" long, light reddish brown, in color with lighter dull yellow 

 markings. The cephalothorax has a wide middle dark stri|»e divided 

 in front behind the eyes. It is also dark on the edges. Tiie legs are 

 dull yellow, with wide brown rings at the end and middle of each 

 joint. The abdomen is widest at the first segment and has there 

 two horns. The front of the abdomen is dark reddish brown with 

 light spots in the middle and a light line along the hinder edge from 

 one horn to the other, liehind this dark area the abdomen is lighter 

 and covered with fine spots. The folium is distinct but not very dark 

 and has oblique dark brown lines along the edges like silvatica. 

 The sternum is dark brown. The epigynum is large and has a thick 

 finger widened near the base. In three out of four of my specimens 

 the finger is broken of. 



Beverly, Mass., and Adirondack Mts., N. Y. 



Epeira silvatica, new. 



Plate XXXIII, figures 13. 13a. Plate XXXV, figures 1, 4, 5, 6. 



T^ength of female from Beverly, 1(V"'" ; first leg, 23""". 



The abdomen is nearly as wide as long and has on the first seg- 

 ment two promiiu-nt humps. The cephalothorax is dark brown with 

 indistinct darker lines in the middle and on each side. The legs are 

 brown with dark rings at the ends of the joints and loss distinct ones 

 in the middle. Thi- aVidomen has a bright yellow spot on the front, 

 behind wiiich is a median row of smaller light spots. The greater 

 part of the abdomen is of a light brown color. The front around the 

 vellow spot is darker and so is the folium which is nuirked on the 

 edges by five pairs of oblique black liju's surrounded by a lighter 

 liorder. The under side of the abdomen is <lark brown without 

 niarkings in the adult female but young females and males have two 



