J. H. Emerton — Neio Engkmd Epeiridce. SOl 



distinct yellow spots in the middle and two smaller ones near the 

 breathing holes. The epigynum is small for so large a spider. The 

 finger is long and slender as in angulata. Young specimens appar- 

 ently of the same species are more distinctly marked. They have 

 the dark markings on the middle and sides of the head much plainer 

 than the adults and the yellow spots under the abdomen. 



The male is about half as large as the female, (The largest, one 

 from Beverly, is 10""" long, 1st leg 21'"™) with the front legs propor- 

 tionately much longer. The tibia? of the second pair are thickened 

 and have the spines larger and more numerous than in the female. 

 The coxa of the second pair has a short conical point near its base 

 and the coxa of the first pair a hook on the under side near the 

 outer edge. These modifications of the front coxje are found in sev- 

 eral species. The colors are similar to those of the female. The 

 dark rings near the ends of the joints of the legs do not extend quite 

 to the end, the joint having a lighter tip. The folium is more regular 

 than in the female and the humps are absent. The sternum is black. 

 The under side of the abdomen has four yellow spots more or less 

 united at the sides. 



Beverly, Mass., E. Burgess ; Mt. Jefferson, N. H.; Chateaugay Lake, 

 Adirondack Mts., N. Y., from F. A. Bowditch ; Ithaca, N. Y., Cornell 

 Univ. Collection. 



Epeira nordraanni Thorell. Syuouyms of European Spiders. 

 Plate XXXIII, figures 6, Ha, &h. 



Female, 11"^'" long; first leg, 18"^"'. 



The colors are white and gray or black. The cephalothorax is gray, 

 in alcohol yellow, darkest toward the sides. The legs have a dark 

 ring at the end and a less distinct one in the middle of each joint. 

 The sternum is light brown or black. The abdomen is narrower than 

 that of angidata., but has two humps on the first segment like that 

 species. The folium is narrow and truncated in front in line with 

 the second pair of muscular spots. The edges of the folium are 

 marked with five pairs of very black lines converging backward. 

 The light stripes at the sides of the folium are wide and the lateral 

 dark markings sharply defined. In front there is a central white 

 mark, on each side of which are dark areas that extend back so far as 

 to cover half of the humps and enclose a large spot between them. 

 In some specimens the folium and other dark markings are nearly 

 uniform black with sharply marked edges and with some white spots 

 in the center. In one female from Western New York apparently 



