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our common LinypJiia marmarata, L. communis, and L. 

 costcda, conspicuous by their bright colors and curious and 

 complicated webs. 



Of the Tubitelarise perhaps the most familiar was the 

 common Agelena naevia Hentz, whose webs are seen on 

 dewy mornings almost covering the grass in our fields, 

 each web sloping toward a tube in which the spider waits. 



Among the Citigradaa were some specimens of Lycosa 

 CaroUnensis Hentz, the largest of the group, whose feet 

 extend over three inches. One of these was caught in 

 Saugus and another in Andover. 



The SaltigradfB were represented by our little gray 

 jumping spider, Ejyiblemum faustum Hentz, which is 

 seen on walls in the sunshine running with equal facility 

 backward, forward or sideways, and our h\rge gray Attus 

 which may be found at almost any season, in thick white 

 cocoons under stones. 



The Laterigradi* included the large white Thomisus 



fartus Hentz, which lives on flowers in gardens and is 



often brought into the house upon them, and the dingy 



gray Thomisus vulgaris Hentz, so common on fences, 



where it can hardly be distinguished from uni)ainted wood. 



The collection was arranged in tube bottles which were 

 pinned by the corks in trays. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, ArniL 1st, 1872. 



The President in the chair. Records of preceding 

 meeting read. 



The Secuetauv announced the following additional 

 correspondence : — 



