THE AGALENIDyE 



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houses (figs. 221, 222). It varies greatly in size and color. 

 Large females may be three-quarters of an inch long, with legs 

 measuring an inch and a quarter, while others may be full grown 

 at half that size. In color some are pale yellow with gray 

 markings, and others reddish brown with the markings almost 

 black. Whatever the color, they 

 are thickly covered with fine gray 

 hairs. The cephalothorax has two 

 longitudinal gray stripes and a black 

 line along the edge on each 

 side (fig. 223). The head 

 is high and a little 

 darker in front. 

 Both rows of eyes 

 are strongly 

 curved, with the 

 middle eyes high- 

 est, so that the mid- 

 dle eyes of the 

 lower row and the 

 lateral of the upper 

 row form a nearly 

 straight line (fig. 

 224). The man- 

 dibles are stout, 

 not much swelled 

 in front, and 



covered with hair. The abdomen is gray or 

 black at the sides and lighter brown in the 

 middle, with two rows of white or light- 

 colored spots. The upper spinnerets are more than twice as 

 long as the others, and the terminal joint much longer than 

 the basal. The legs are large and long, the fourth pair almost 



. End of palpus of male 

 Agalena naevia. 



Figs. 223, 224. 

 Agalena naevia. — 



223, female en- 

 larged twice. 



224, front of 

 head. 



