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THE COMMON SPIDERS 



are shorter and stouter than those oi fissiccps. It lives in dead 

 leaves and moss, sometimes under stones, and is sometimes 

 found flying in the autumn. 



Ceratinella fissiceps. — These little spiders are 

 among the smallest species, 

 measuring only a sixteenth of an 

 inch in length. The cephalotho- 

 rax and abdomen are short and 

 round, and the abdomen has a 

 round thickened spot on the back, 

 more deeply orange colored than 

 the part around it. The head is 

 black around the eyes, and a black 

 line extends backward half the 



Fuis. 



372 371 



371, 372, 373. Ceratinella fissiceps. length of the ccphalothorax. The 



— 371, varieties in the form of the head. 

 372, 373i palpus of male. 



head of the male extends forward 

 over the mandibles, carrying with 



it the front middle eyes, and above it is a rounded hump with 



the hind middle eyes. The 



pairs of lateral eyes are 



opposite the crease between 



the humps (figs. 371). The 



female has at the same point 



a slight crease across the 



head and an elevation before 



and behind it. They are 



very common on low bushes 



in summer and under leaves 



in winter, and are occasion- 

 ally seen in the autumn 



flio-hts 



'^ ' Figs. 374, 375, 376. Cornicularia directa. — 



Cornicularia directa. The 374^ male enlarged sixteen times. 375, head 



, _ ^ , ^ , of male showing the double horn. 376. head 



males and females are of the „f male from above. 



