200 J. H. Emerton, 
curved, and the spines on the upper and inner sides stout and dark- - 
colored. There are no spines on the coxe. 
Epeira thaddeus, Hentz. (Plate V, figures 2, 2a.) 
The males I have seen, from Sharon and Waltham, Mass., are a 
little smaller than females from the same places. The front leg is 
much elongated, the patella and tibia together being as long as the 
spider from eyes to spinnerets. The usual little process on the 
anterior end of the first coxa is lengthened into a spine directed 
forward about half the diameter of the coxa in length. The second 
leg is slightly thicker than the first; the tibia is a little curved, 
and the four spines on the inner side are stouter but not shorter 
than the others on this joint. The color is pale, without any bright 
orange on the legs or dark brown around the abdomen common 
in females. The first and second legs have brown rings at the ends 
of the joints, while the third and fourth have the dark ends of the 
joints less strongly marked than in females. The cephalothorax is 
pale, with a pale gray stripe in the middle. The abdomen does 
not have the brown band around the sides which is so character- 
istic of females, and on the back it is marked with pairs of bright 
yellow spots, the two anterior pairs larger than the others, some- 
what as in £. globosa. Some females have similar markings on 
the back of the abdomen. 
Epeira juniperi, Em. (Plate V, figures 1, 1a.) 
Two males swept from bushes at Ponemah, N. H., were slightly 
greenish on the abdomen, which is striped with white at the sides 
and across the front. The rest of the body was pale and yellowish. 
The ends of the tibia of first and second legs were light orange, 
covering nearly half the joint, but not forming a definite ring. The 
cephalothorax is nearly as wide as long and 2 mm. in length. The 
legs are long and slender, the tibia and patella of the first pair 
measuring 3 mm. The spines of the legs are dark colored and 
very long, especially on the tibial joints; those on the first tibiz 
being half as long as the whole tibia. There are no modifications 
of the second tibia. 
Epeira labyrinthea, Hentz. 
Hentz, in his description of this species, says that a tube, similar 
to that of Agalena, leads from the web to the nest. I have never 
seen such a tube; but often there are several threads, as in Zz/la 
atrica, leading from the center of the round web to the nest, and 
