ARANEA. 



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I. Eyes placed ..::.. 



pulchra, oval-oblong ; thorax white, villous, ab- 

 domen arid h>gs black, with yellow bands. 

 Very common at Troy, New- York, in August 

 and September. Web vertical, in concentric 

 polygons attached to numerous rays ; rebuilt 

 daily in fair weather, or chiefly renewed. 



K. Eyes placed ;; 



goezii, black ; abdomen ovate ; front white. The 

 abdomen is marked with two impressed dots. 



L. Eyes placed .. 



iruncata, grey, ferruginous, slightly clouded ; tlio* 

 rax globular, and slightly heart-shaped; the ab- 

 domen is something triangular and marked 

 with an obsolete longitudinal cross, (syn. angu? 

 lata,} 



M. Eyes placed : : : : : 



conica, abdomen ovate, obscurely conic behind, va* 

 ried with brown and whitish, and black beneath. 

 Common in Sept. at Troy, N. York. Web iu 

 corners, horizontal, dense, intangled and perma- 

 nent ; with a cylindrical retreat. 



N. Eyes placed : : 



albifrons, hairy ; body ovate and variegated with 

 black and chesnut- brown. 



O. Eyes placed : : 



taunts, abdomen flat, with two very long recurved 

 opines. 



