J. H. Emerton — New England JBJpeiridm. 313 



Epeira displicata Heutz. 



Plate XXXIV, figure 4. Plate XXXVI, figure 20. 



Full grown females are sometimes 7 or 8""" loiig, but usually 

 smaller. The cephalothorax and legs are brownish yellow. The 

 abdomen is light yellow or crimson. The latter color is more com- 

 mon in young individuals and becomes brighter in alcohol. Some- 

 times 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 sur. 

 rounded by lighter rings. The under side of the abdomen is colored 

 like the upper with no distinct markings. The sternum is yellow 

 like the legs. The legs have no dark rings but are darker toward 

 the ends and in some individuals, especially males, on the ends of 

 the joints. The epigynum is small and dark colored with a small 

 and slender finger. 



The male has the legs and cephalothorax darker brown than the 

 female and the black spots on the abdomen larger and suri'ounded 

 more distinctly with white which sometimes forms a stripe on each 

 side. Each femur has a single row of spines on the under side. The 

 tibiye of the second legs are not thickened. The palpal organs are 

 dark colored. The double terminal hook is long and the other 

 appendages are stout and hard. 



This is a common species from the White Mountains to Connecti- 

 cut and southward. It is often found on fences without any web. 

 The web is usually small, among the leaves of plants. 



Epeira juniperi, new. 



Plate XXXIV, figure 6. Plate XXXVI, figures 14, 15, 16. 



Length of female 5*5™"\ The abdomen is nearly as broad as long, 

 bright green with three white longitudinal stripes on the back. The 

 cephalothorax and legs are light yellowish brown, without dark 

 rings. The male has the same colors, is slightly smaller and has 

 longer legs. The epigynum has a short wide finger curved toward 

 one side and widened at the end, which lies between the dark brown 

 openings. 



The palpal organ has a long pointed basal hook and a short dark 

 colored terminal hook under which is the curved black tube. At the 

 side is a large white process with a tooth on the outer side. 



A male and female from a spruce tree on Peak's Island near Port- 

 land, Me., July 13, one from Wood's Holl, Mass., in August. 



