J. H. Emerton — Neio England Epeiridae. 315 



This species is abundant at New Haven, Conn., and Mr. McCook 

 finds it equally so at Philadelphia. I have one from Lynn, Mass., 

 but none from farther north. 



Epeira triaranea McCook. 



Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1876, p. 200 = E. globosa McCook, 1878, p. P24 = 

 pi'oljably E. haltiinoriensis or E. ylobosa Keyserling. 



Plate XXXIY, figure 9. Plate XXXVI, figures 6, 7. 



Length five or six millimeters. The cephalothorax is light yel- 

 lowish brown with a fine dark median line from the eyes to the 

 dorsal groove and indistinct dark marks on the sides of the head. 

 The first and second pairs of legs have indistinct dark rings at the 

 end and middle of each joint. The third and fourth pairs have 

 darker rings at the ends of the joints only and the tibia of the fourth 

 pair is half black. The abdomen is as broad as long or broader. 

 The front half of the folium is covered by four large white, yellow 

 or reddish spots partly united together into a squarish figure sur- 

 rounded by an irregular black line. The hinder half of the folium 

 has a pair of black spots on each segment between which are light 

 brown markings. The sternum is yellow. The under side of the 

 abdomen has a black spot around the spinnerets and another trans- 

 verse dark mark just behind the middle, the rest is light yellowish. 

 The epigynum is small with a short blunt finger. 



The male is smaller than the female but marked in the same way. 

 The tibijB of the second pair are slightly thickened and curved and 

 have large spines on the inner side. 



The spider makes a very large funnel-shaped tent out of which a 

 tliread runs to the center of the web, somewhat as in Ep. labyrinthea. 



Salem and other places in Eastern Massachusetts ; New Haven, 

 Conn.; Philadelphia, Pa., McCook. 



Epeira carbonaria Koch. 



Beitrage z. Kenntniss d. Arachniden fauna Tirols. Zeitschrift d. Ferdinandeums, 

 Innsbruck, 1869=:J^ew'a pacterda Thorell, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 

 xvii, 1875. 



Plate XXXIIT, figure 18. Plate XXXVI, figures 18 and 19. 



This is an alpine species from the White Mountains. The female 

 measures 8'"'" long, cephalothorax 3""", 1st leg 12'"'". The head is 

 about half as wide as the thorax and light colored. The thorax is 

 black or dark brown. The legs are ringed with black and white, the 

 black rings usually twice as wide as the white. The coxas are light 



