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THE COMMON SPIDERS 



in front and have a slight projection at the outer corners, where 

 there are two or three stiff hairs. In some other species there 

 is a longer process at these corners. 



This spider is common in winter under stones and under 

 leaves. In summer it makes webs close to the ground, among 

 short and thin grass and moss. 



Hahnia cinerea. — About a twelfth of an inch 

 long; much smaller than bimaculata (fig. 251). 

 The color is dark gray, the cephalothorax and 

 legs brownish, and the legs a little lighter at the 

 ends of the joints. The abdomen has a row of 

 angular light spots in the middle. The spin- 

 FiG 2-2. Hahnia ^ercts are in not quite as straight a line as in 

 cinerea, enlarged Mmacuhita, the outer pair being a little higher 



sixteen times. 



and farther behind the next. The tracheal open- 

 ing is not as far forward as in bimaculata, being nearer the 

 spinnerets than the epigynum. The male palpi have the 

 appendages of patella and tibia longer than in bimaculata, 

 and softer and more curved. They are found under stones 

 and leaves. 



