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which it remains sheltered during the day. The cocoon is in 

 the shape of a button or flattened cone, sometimes brownish 

 above and pale gray beneath : as many as five have been found 

 in a string, one above the otlier. The young when just 

 hatched resemble the mother. The first time I found this s])i- 

 der, I also found the first Mimetus, which had invaded the 

 web of one of these and taken its place, so that for a period I 

 thought this species a transition to that sub-genus. But this 

 has all the characters of Epeira. 



Habitat. North Carolina, Alabama. 



[Pi. 18, fig. 25, eyes ; fig. 9-3, trophi, Avanting the palpus ; 

 pi. 19, fig. 124, web and cocoons ; fig. 133, web and tent. 

 Leos arranged 1. 2. 4. 3. Very common in damp woods. 

 Taken in September, October and December. Suppleynent.'] 



11. Epeira prompta. 



PL 13, fig. 4. 



Description. Pale bluish ; abdomen with two indented lines 

 and several spots black ; base of the thighs rufous, a black ring 

 between this and the tip, and black rings on the other joints. 



Observations. This very distinct species is very active after 

 sunset, running with great speed, and leaping like an Attus. 

 It is motionless during the day. A small specimen of this 

 species was found in Alabama, with its abdomen black under 

 iieath, having a central whitish spot. 



Habitat. Massachusetts. Alabama. [473.] 



[PL 18, fig. 47, eyes, a, specimen from Massachusetts. 5, 

 specimen from Alabama. Legs arranged 1. 2. 4. 3. Taken 

 in Massachusetts in June. Sujjplement.'^ 



12. Epeira strix. 



ri. i;i, fig. 5. 



Description. Rufous ; abdomen yellow, with a scolloped 

 blackish band on each side above, and about six black dots, a 



