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our common Linyphia marmarata, L. communis, and L. 

 costata, conspicuous by their bright colors and curious and 

 complicated webs. 



Of the Tubitelariae perhaps the most familiar was the 

 common Agelena ncevia Hentz, whose webs are seen oil 

 dewy mornings almost cohering the grass in our fields, 

 each web sloping toward a tube in which the spider waits. 



Among the Citigradse were some specimens of Lycosa 

 Carolinensis Hentz, the largest of the group, whose feet 

 extend over three inches. One of these was caught in 

 Saugus and another in Andover. 



The Saltigradge were represented by our little gray 

 jumping spider, Epiblemum faustum Hentz, which is 

 seen on walls in the sunshine running with equal facility 

 backward, forward or sideways, and our large gray Attus 

 which may be found at almost any season, in thick white 

 cocoons under stones. 



The Laterigradae included the large white Thomisus 

 fartus Hentz, which lives on flowers .in gardens and is 

 often brought into the house upon them, and the dingy 

 gray Thomisus vulgaris Hentz, so common on fences, 

 where it can hardly be distinguished from unpaiuted wood. 



The collection was arranged in tube bottles which were 

 pinned by the corks in trays. 



REGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, APRIL IST, 1872. 



THE President in the chair. Records of preceding 

 meeting read. 



The SECRETARY announced the following additional 

 correspondence : 



