318 ,t. II. Emerton — N'evj E)igland Ejyeiridm. 



the spinnerets, giving a triangular appearance to the abdomen. The 

 folium is widest on the first segment and tapers backward to a nar- 

 row stripe. The colors are variable. Usually there are two white 

 spots in the first segment of the folium, and behind this the folium is 

 dark gray, darkest at the edges, and surrounded by a white line. 

 The sides of the abdomen are lighter gray with dark oblique lines. 

 In the middle of the folium are often several light spots in pairs. 

 In some specimens the folium is light colored and surrounded by 

 darker gray. Some specimens have the folium and all the markings 

 on the back indistinct except a black stripe down the middle. The 

 sternum is light in the middle and there is a light spot just behind 

 the epigynum. The cephalothorax is gray, darker at the sides and 

 behind. The legs are gray with indistinct darker rings at the ends 

 and middle of each joint. At the end of each femur is a wide dark 

 ring. The epigynum in the only adult female is covered by a wide 

 finger tapering to a point. 



The male is smaller and darker and has longer spines and wider 

 dark rings on the legs. The palpal organ has a very large terminal 

 hook and a large rough process at its base, both of which are folded 

 down against the palpal organ. On the outer side of the organ is 

 the tube and a hard curved process which supports the tip. 



The adults are found in June and July and great numbers of young 

 in the autumn and winter. They live in all sizes of shrubs and 

 bushes and in low trees. 



White Mountains ; Massachusetts and Connecticut. 



Epeira foliata Hentz. 



Plate XXXVII, figures 6, f, 8, 9, 10. 



This spider resembles Ep. parvida but the legs are longer and the 

 abdomen less triangular. The female measures 6"'"' long and the 

 first leg 12"^"\ The second leg is nearly as long but the fourth is 

 much shorter. The cephalothorax and legs are grayish or greenish 

 yellow, darker toward the ends of the joints. The first and second 

 legs are darker and have dark rings in the middle of the tibia and 

 tarsus. The abdomen is gray. The folium is slightly darker at the 

 edges and is bordered by a white line. In the middle is a darker 

 stripe ending in a point at the third segment, and also bordered by a 

 black and white line. Beneath the body is dull yellow. The epigy- 

 num has a finger which is so wide at the base as to cover it. The tip 

 of the finger is curved backward and slightly flattened. 



The male is a little smaller l)ut otherwise resembles the female. 



