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abdomen black, with many bai ds, spots and dots, white with 

 a tinge of yellow ; beneath with a few slender white lines and 

 a yellow band each side, interrupted in two places, so as to 

 make about six yellow spots ; feet dark green, long. 



Observations. This is a very large species, and very distinct 

 from L. communis., making very large webs, with long threads 

 to secure them. 



Habitat. Alabama. July, August. 



[PI. 18, fig. 23, eyes. Legs arranged 1. 2. 4. 3. Supj)le- 

 ment.'] 



[?, length 5.3 mm.; cephalothorax 1.8 mm. ; legs 12.7, 10, 6.7, 9.5. 

 cf, " 5.7 mm. ; " 2.6 mm. ; legs 16.8, 14.6, 8.3, 12.6. 



PI. 21, fig. 10, palpus of ?. 



All my adult females resemble pi. 15, fig. 5. All young specimens are 

 like fig. 6, L. scripta. 



Swampscott, Mass., March 19, young with imperfect web; April 21, 

 young females in webs among boulders; Beverly, Mass., June 4, cf and 9 in 

 copulation; Peabody, Mass., July 7, cf and ? in copulation; Aug. 13, few 

 adults, but many young; Sept. 4, young only; Franconia, N. H.; Eastport," 

 Me.; Portland, Me.; Providence, R. I.; New Haven, Conn.; Albany, N. Y. 

 (Ohio, cf, ?. Wm. Holden.) J. h. e.] 



3. Linyphia scripta. 

 PI. 15, fig. 6. 



Description. Cephalothorax blackish purple with a white 

 edge ; abdomen white, with curved spots and obsolete marks, 

 purplish ; feet pale greenish, long ; a small species. 



Observations. This species may be recognized in the fields 

 by the peculiar form of its web ; the horizontal part of which, 

 instead of being curved or hollowed downward, as in L. com- 

 munis., is rounded upwards, so that the spider stands inverted, 

 as it were, under a bowl. It is quite distinct from that species, 

 and from L. marmorata. 



Habitat. Alabama. May-September. [30.] 



[Young of L. marmorata. J. h. e.] 



