594 CLASS IX. 
-Uloborus LATR. 
Tetragnatha Wack. Ocelli subequal arranged in two rows 
transverse, straight, almost parallel. Maxille elongate, divergent, 
dilated on the outer side towards the apex. Feet elongate, slender. 
Epetra Wack. Ocelli subequal, four middle arranged in a 
square, two on each side more remote from the middle four, placed 
obliquely. Maxille broad, short. 
Sub-genera: Singa Kocu, Zilla Kocu, Miranda Kocu, Atea 
Kocn, Argyopes Sav., Nephila Leacu, Wicrathena Sunpev., Acro- 
soma Perry, Gasteracantha Late. (Plectanaw W ACK.) 
Mithras Kocu. With two external ocelli of the first row very 
small, microscopic. 
The net of the spiders of this genus is mostly placed in a vertical plane, 
sometimes obliquely. Only one species is known with which it lies horizon- 
tally. (Epeira cucurbitana, Aranea cucurbitana L., CueRcK Aran. Pl. 2, 
Tab. 4, WALOK. Hist. d. Aran. 11. 3.) 
To this genus belongs the Cross spider, Epewra diadema, Aranea dia- 
dema L., CLERCK Pl. 1, figs. 4, 5, Rasen Jns. 1v. Tab. 35 to 40; BRANDT 
u. RatzEBuRG Med. Zool. 11. Tab. xiv. figs, 1—4 ; with a broad, triangular, 
toothed band of a darker colour on the dorsal surface of the abdomen, and 
a triple cross of whitish-yellow spots upon the band ; the female has a large 
oval abdomen. This species, everywhere known, is common in gardens, 
especially in autumn. 
Of the exotic species some have a resemblance to small crabs ; they have 
a very hard horny skin on the abdomen, which moreover is armed with 
spines or long points; Gasteracantha LatR. Sp. Epewra cancriformis, 
SuaBBER Wat. Verlust. Tab. 1, schulpspin, WALcK. Aranéid. U1. Pl. 4, &e. 
D. Laterigrade Latr. Ocelli mostly arranged in a lunated 
form or in a segment of a circle. Body depressed, with cephalo- 
thorax suborbicular, small or moderate. Four anterior feet mostly 
longer than the rest. 
Spiders not weaving a web, but either drawing out some sparse 
viscid strings, or constructing a house amongst leaves contorted at the 
margins. Feet at rest extended, with femora pressed on the ground. 
Selenops DuFour. 
Sparassus WatcK., Micrommata Later. Ocelli arranged in two 
rows, the anterior row narrower, convex (:. Eas : Maxille straight, 
distant, parallel. . 
