594 CLASS ix. 



Uloborus LATR. 



Tetragnatha WALCK. Ocelli subequal arranged in two rows 

 transverse, straight, almost parallel. Maxillae elongate, divergent, 

 dilated on the outer side towards the apex. Feet elongate, slender. 



Epeira WALCK. Ocelli subequal, four middle arranged in a 

 square, two on each side more remote from the middle four, placed 

 obliquely. Maxillge broad, short. 



Sub-genera : Singa KOCH, Zilla KOCH, Miranda KOCH, Atea 

 KOCH, Argyopes SAV., Nephila LEACH, Micrathena SUNDEV., Acro- 

 soma PEBTY, Gasteracantha LATR. (Plectana WALCK.) 



Mithras KOCH. 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., CLEKCK Aran. PL i, 

 Tab. 4, WALCK. Hist. d. Aran. n. 3.) 



To this genus belongs the Cross spider, Epeira diadema, Aranea dia- 

 dema L., CLERCK PI. i, figs. 4, 5, KCESEL Ins. iv. Tab. 35 to 40 ; BRANDT 

 u. KATZEBURG Med. Zool. n. Tab. xiv. figs, i 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 ; GasteracantJia LATR. Sp. Epeira cancriformis, 

 SLABBER Nat. Verlust. Tab. i, schulpspin, WALCK. Araneid. in. PI. 4, &c. 



D. Laterigradce 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 tJie ground. 



Selenops DUFOUR. 



Sparassus WALCK., Micrommata LATR. Ocelli arranged in two 

 rows, the anterior row narrower, convex (/ t \). Maxilla straight, 

 distant, parallel. 



