ARANEA, 



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spinipes, pale, with spinous legs. A variety has 

 spinose legs with ferruginous joints. 



opitionoides, grey with very long and extremely 

 slender legs. Web lax irregular, the threads 

 cross each other ; gregarious. 



osbtckii, pale-yellow ; abdomen with impressed 

 dots in pairs, with an odd one ; the fore-legs 

 are longer. 



ivilkii, varied with black and grey ; legs cinereous^ 

 annulated with black ; the hinder ones are 

 shorter 



speciosci) thorax grey, with two brown spots ; the 

 abdomen is oval-oblong, with transverse black 

 curves ; beneath it is reticulated with black^ 

 with two yellow bands. A very beautiful spe- 

 cies. 



F. Eyes placed . V. .. 



clavipes} abdomen oblong, yellow, dotted with 



white ; all the shanks, except the third pair,. 



clavated and hairy. Web strong, spreading ; a 



beautiful species. 

 saccata, abdomen ovate, rusty brown. Carries its 



bag of eggs behind it. Under stones about 



Troy, New- York. 

 fumigata, abdomen ovate, brown, with two white 



dots at the base. 



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Gr. Eyes placed ' .. ; 



Jimbfiata 9 black ; abdomen oblong, with a white 

 line on each side. 



dorsalis, black ; thorax compressed, with a whit- 

 ish dorsal line ; abdomen ovate, whitish at the 

 base ; the legs are livid. Found ia Sept. air 

 Troy, New -York. 



