./. H. Emerton — New England Epeiridce. 31 d 



The tibia of the second pair is widened in the middle and has four 

 large spines on the inner side. The palpus has a flat hook at the 

 base of the tarsus, ending in two teeth. The parts of the palpal 

 organ are small except the basal process, which is very large and 

 wide with two prominent teeth. 



Swept from bushes in June, New" Haven, Conn. 



Epeira stellata Hentz. 



Plate XXXIV, figurk 17. Plate XXXYIT, figures 3, 4, 5. 



Female 12""" long. The abdomen has a sharp hump on the front, 

 one behind and five on each side. The hinder hump has a smaller 

 one under it and the lateral humps on the first segment are some- 

 times double. The colors are light and dark brown, somewhat modi- 

 fied by the gray and white hairs. The markings resemble those of 

 Ep. angulata. The edges of the folium run out toward the humps. 

 The cephalothorax is wide and the corners of the head are extended 

 forward a little beyond the eyes. The legs have dark rings at the 

 end and middle of each joint. The sternum has a light stripe in the 

 middle. The under side of the abdomen is wrinkled and has several 

 oblique dark stripes. The epigynum is covered by a hooked finger, 

 as in doniiclliorton. 



The male is slightly smaller but otherwise much like the female. 

 The palpal organ is small with short appendages. 



A common spider in Massachusetts and Connecticut on grass and 

 low bushes; Dublin, N. H., Jvdy, 1882. 



Epeira infumata Hentz. 



E. ectypa Keyserling, Sitzimgsberichte der Isis zii Dresden, ISC'.. 

 Plate XXXVII, figures 11, 12, 12«, 126, i;5. 



This spider when it draws up its feet has the appearance of a lump 

 of dirt. The color is dark brown with various black and white 

 markings and reddish spots on the back of the abdomen. The 

 cephalothorax is about 2""" long. The head is high and flat in front, 

 bringing the upper middle eyes directly over the front pair, while 

 the lateral pairs are turned around so as to lie in a horizontal line. 

 The upper middle eyes are much larger than any of the others. 



The abdomen extends forward over the thorax and is very high in 

 front, where it has a pair of humps. At the middle the abdomen is 

 nearly as wide as long and nearly flat on the back from the humps to 

 the hinder end. The abdomen is marked with a tolerably distinct 

 folium, with the hinder segments marked by pairs of oblique black 



Trans. Conn. Acad., Vol. VI. 41 Sept., 1884. 



