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- lata. In New England this species continues to be rare, but in the 
Rocky Mountains and in Oregon and California it is common on 
fences and outside of houses. On the piazza of hotels through the 
Canadian Rocky Mountains, the males vary in size from that of 
solitaria with the cephalothorax 5 mm. in length, to the smallest 
stlvatica only 3.5mm. The length of the first femur varies in these 
specimens from 5.5 to 4mm. Four males from the hotel at Glacier 
varied among themselves nearly as much. The palpi of the larger 
specimens resemble solitaria and nigra, with the tube curved up- 
ward at the base and strongly curved toward the end, while in 
smaller, light-colored individuals, the tube is less curved, lies closer 
to the bulb and tapers more regularly toward the point, as in the 
smaller sz/vatica. The shape of the second tibia is the same in all 
the varieties, the spines being somewhat longer and stouter in larger 
individuals. 
The females vary but little, except in color, most of the western 
specimens being darker than those from New England. The shape 
of the epigynum is very uniform, with the finger very long and 
slender. 
In August, 1906, Mrs. Annie Trumbull Slosson found a male on 
the hotel at the summit of Mt. Washington that resembles very 
closely the original £. softaria from Massachusetts. 
Epeira corticaria, Em. New Engl. Epeiride, 1884. (Plate V, 
figures 3, 3a.) 
Mature males and females are found on the lower part of Mt. 
Washington, N. H., in the early part of August. The females have 
the finger of the epigynum broken off or shrivelled. The males 
are marked and colored like the females, except that in the males 
the dark stripes at the sides of the cephalothorax are wider, and 
the dark rings of the legs more distinct. The second tibize are 
slightly thickened and curved, and five spines on the upper side 
and two on the inner side are thickened and dark-colored. There 
are no spines on the coxe. 
Epeira Nordmanni, Thorell. 
A male from The Glen at the base of Mt. Washington, N. H. is 
9 mm. long, the cephalothorax 5 mm. The dark stripes at the 
sides of the cephalothorax are wider and more definite than in the 
female. The markings of the abdomen are like those of the female, 
but are less distinct. The second tibiz are slightly thickened and 
