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ULOBOBIDiE. 



Uloborus geniculatus Olivier. 



Araneus geniculatus Oliv., Ency. Meth., ii, p. 214, 1789. 



Uloborus zosis Walck., Aptferes, ii, p. 331, 1843. 



Uloborus zosis Marx, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1889, pi. iv, fig. 1. 



Several specimens received from Mr. T. G. Goslin, collected in 

 summer. Nos, 2404, 2406. A widely distributed, cosmotropical 

 spider. , 



EPEIBID-a]. 



Cyclosa caudata Hentz. 



Epeira caudata Hentz, Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., vi, p. 33, pi. iii, figs. 14, 



14«, 146, 1850. 

 Cyclosa conica Emerton, Trans. Conn. Acad., vi, p. 321, pi. xxxiv, fig. 3, 1884. 



Various specimens, several from Walsingham woods, 3 May, on 

 trees; two from Tucker's Island, 3 May. Distributed over tlie United 

 States and Mexico. Nos. 2339, 2350, 2358. 



Argyroepeira hortorum Hentz. Silver Spider. 



Epeira hortorum Hentz, Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., v, p. 477, pi. xxxi, fig. 



19, 1847. 

 Argyroepeira hortorum Emerton, Trans. Conn. Acad., vi, p. 333, pi. xxxvii, 



figs. 39-32, 1884. 



Three adults from Walsingham Avoods, 3 May, on trees ; several 

 young specimens. Occurs in the eastern United States, Mexico, and 

 the West Indies. No. 2330. 



Nephila clavipes Fabricius. Silk Spider. 



Aranea clavipes Fabr. , Entom. Syst. , ii, p. 420, 1775. 



Nephila clavipes Koch, Die Arachn., v, p. 31, pi. clii, fig. 355, 1839. 



Several adults taken by Mr. T. G. Goslin, last summer. The 

 largest has an expanse of 5.5 inches. This is the tyjjical form, as is 

 shown by Mr. F. O. P. Cambridge in a recent paper on spiders from 

 the Bahama Islands (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., April, 1901, pp. 322- 

 332). 



Occurs along the South Atlantic coast, and the regions adjacent to 

 the Carribean Sea. 



(The adults are found only in lat^ summer and autumn. It is men- 

 tioned by the earliest settlers, 1610-1615. — A. E. V.) Nos. 2314, 

 young; 2399, adult. 



Trans. Conn. Acad., Vol. XI. 18 January, 1903. 



