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Legs arranged in some specimens 4. 1. 2. 3, in others 1.2. 4. 3. 

 Diurnal in its habits. Taken in July and August. Supple- 

 ment^ 



[9, length 9 mm.; cepLalothorax 2.5 mm.; legs 6.2, 6, 3.8, 6.6. 

 Indianapolis, Indiana. (Ohio, ?. Wm. Holden.) j. H. E.] 



40. Epeira mitrata. 



PI. 14, fig. 11. 



J)escript{o7i. Pale yelloAvish or rufous ; cephalothorax pice- 

 ous, margin usually paler ; abdomen pale yellow or white, varied 

 with blackish spots and impressed dots above ; sides rugose, two 

 spines behind, and_two smaller ones a little lower and nearer to- 

 gether, black, with yellow spots beneath and at the sides ; feet 

 rufous or piceous, joints paler at base, length 4. 1. 2. 3, or fre- 

 quently 1. 4. 2. 3. Seldom large. 



Observations. The abdomen of this singular spider viev.ed 

 above resembles a bishop's mitre. Its cephalothorax is small 

 and almost concealed by the base of the abdomen. It usually 

 makes its web in low grounds in foi'ests. Its second and third 

 pairs of legs are always shorter than the fourth and first, a char- 

 acter which departs from that of Epeira, and which, with sev- 

 eral others, it has in common with E. nigosa. It is not very 

 rare. 



Habitat. North Carolina ; Alabama. August, October. 



[PI. 18, fig. 22, eyes. Sometimes there are no transverse 

 bands on the abdomen, and then the black dots, about twenty 

 in number, are more distinct. /Supplement.^ 



Tribe VI. Stellate. Abdomen short and wide, surrounded 

 with short points. 



41. Epeira stellata? Bosc. 

 PI. 14, fig. 12. 



Description. Pale brownish, cephalothorax varied with black- 

 ish ; abdomen rugose, with dull gold colored hair, varied with 



