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whicli large Libellulse are often caught. The abdomen of the 

 female is flat in the early part of the season, and it is not till 

 August, that being distended with eggs it assumes the oviform 

 shape. Its cocoon is conical, as large as a small plum, like a 

 pear hanging down. Whenever opened it was found full of 

 young spiders instead of eggs. Is it viviparous ? 



Habitat. The United States. 



[PI. 19, fig. 121. Abdomen beneath. SujjpUment.'] 



[?, length 18 mm.; cephalothorax 6 mm.; legs 25, 24.5, 15.2; 24.5. 

 d" " 5.5 mm.; " 2.5 mm. ; legs 13, 13, 6.5, 10. 



PL 21, fig. 1, d enlarged twice, and palpus of cf. 



Probably Argiope aurantia Lucas, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, Vol. ii, 1833. 



Beverlj, Mass., July 14; young in round webs; September, c?. In irreg- 

 ular webs near the round webs of ? ; December, cocoons of young on 

 bushes. Racine, Wis. ; Ohio; Texas; May port, Fla.; Panama, Wra. 

 Holden. j. h. e.] 



2. Epeira fasciata? R. A. IV, 249. 

 PI. 12, fig. 8. 



Descripti07i. Covered with silvery white hairs ; abdomen 

 with about fifteen transverse, nearly interrupted black bands, 

 and several yellow marks between ; feet rufous with black 

 bands, anterior thighs black. [469.] 



Observations. This spider should be dedicated to the greatest 

 Entomologist of this age, (Latreille) if it proves not to be the 

 fasciata. No doubt it is related to U. fasciata of Europe. 

 (R. A., IV, 249.) It is quite rare in the Southern States, but 

 common in New England, particularly in Maine. It abounds 

 in meadows, near the ground, where it makes its web. An 

 immaculate species was found in North Carolina, which may 

 be referred to this, as its abdomen was not distended with eggs, 

 and the bands may become apparent when it is full. It was 

 surrounded with several males four or five times smaller. 



.Habitat. United States. 



[The presence of the eggs in the abdomen always creates a 

 change in colors ; legs arranged 1. 2. 4. 3. SuppUment.l 



