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abdomen with many markin^.s of black and dusky surroundino- 

 a sj)ot ill the form of a cross ; thighs rufous at base, tijiped ■\vitli 

 a bkickish ring, other joints with dusky rings ; abdomen under- 

 neath Avith a large black spot, near the centre of which arc 

 two white dots. A large species. 



ObaervationH. This spider is often found in dark ])laces, and 

 even in dark apartments not much frequented, where it makes 

 its web. The female is su])plied with a hook over the vidva 

 as in E. diadema. See Regne Animale, IV, p. 218. It makes 

 a cocoon of yellow silk in the shape of a button, lenticular, and 

 attached to a solid bodv. 



Habitat. Alabama. July, September. 



[PI. 19, fig. r2o ; lateral and ventral view of the abdomen. 

 Legs arranged 1. 2. 3. 4. Supplcment.'\ 



[?, lengtli 10.8 mm.; ccphalotliorax 3.9 mm.; legs 15, 13.9, 8.2, 14. 

 Salem, Mass., Sept. (5; on fences; Cambridge, Mass., Aug., d\ Provi- 

 dence, 11. I.; Hartford, Conn. J. ii. E.] 



5. Epeira septima. 



PI. 12, fig. 9. 



Description. Rufous, spotless, hairy above ; abdomen with 

 two impressed dots above, and with two angular lines yehow- 

 ish beneath, thus \/, blackish in the centre ', feet varied Avith 

 yellowish and deep rufous. 



Observations. This large species is not rare, and is found 

 more commonly in the Autumn. When caught it spins, proba- 

 bly for defence, a large quantity of beautiful white silk which 

 it draws out by pressing its posterior feet against the abdomen. 



Habitat. North Carolina, Alabama. 



[The hair is yellow. Legs arranged 1. 2. 4. 3. It makes a 

 very high web. Taken in September. Supplement.'\ 



6. Epeira insularis. 



PI. 12, fig. 10. 



Description. Cephalothorax rufous ; abdomen yellow, with 

 many waving purplish markings : thighs and proximate joints 



