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the male) varied with blackish, with a few long hairs, second 

 pair with the antepenultimate joint crooked, having one bristle 

 longer than the rest. 



Observations. The characters of this somewhat depart from 

 Epeira. The web has not been observed, and the female is 

 unknown. Could it be the male of E. nivea? 



Habitat. Alabama. August. [475.] 



[PI. 18, fig. 49, eyes. Supple7nent.~\ 



18. Epeira pratensis. 

 PI. 13, fig. 11. 



Description. Yellow; abdomen yellowish rufous, with two 

 rows of black dots, approaching each other towards the apex. 



Observations. This spider, found in a field, was seen only 

 once. 



Habitat. Massachusetts. 



[Legs and cephalothorax immaculate, yellow ; legs arrano-ed 

 1. 2. 4. 3. Taken in July. Supplement.'\ 



[V, length 7 mm.; cephalothorax 2.6 mm.; legs 8.2, 7.5, 5, 7.2. 

 Beverly, Mass., July 15, in a web on a bridge ; Chelsea marshes, July, c? 

 and ?. J. H. E.] 



19. Epeira placida. 



PI. 13, fig. 12. 



Description. Yellowish or pale rufous ; cephalothorax with 

 an obscure band, and darkish edge ; abdomen varied with 

 whitish, brownish lines, and an angular piceous band ; feet 

 hairy. A small species. 



Observations. This may be distinguished from E. spiculata 

 by its marking, but particularly by the lower middle eyes, 

 which are farther from each other than the upper ones. It 

 makes a perpendicular web. 



Habitat. Alabama. April. 



[PI. 18, fig. 30, eyes. Legs arranged 1. 2. 4. 3. Supple- 

 me7it.'\ 



