200 J. H. Emerton, 



curved, and the spines on the upper and inner sides stout and dark- 

 colored. There are no s] lines on the coxae. 



Epeira thaddeus, llentz. (Plate V, figures 2, 2a.) 



The males I have seen, from Sharon and Waltham, Mass., are a 

 little smaller than females from the same places. The front leg is 

 much elongated, the patella and tibia together being as long as the 

 spider from eyes to spinnerets. The usual little process on the 

 anterior end of the first coxa is lengthened into a spine directed 

 forward about half the diameter of the coxa in length. The second 

 leg is slightly thicker than the first ; the tibia is a little curved, 

 and the four spines on the inner side are stouter but not shorter 

 than the others on this joint. The color is pale, without any bright 

 orange on the legs or dark brown around the abdomen common 

 in females. The first and second legs have brown rings at the ends 

 of the joints, while the third and fourth have the dark ends of the 

 joints less strongly marked than in females. The cephalothorax is 

 pale, with a pale gray stripe in the middle. The abdomen does 

 not have the brown band around the sides which is so character- 

 istic of females, and on the back it is marked with pairs of bright 

 yellow spots, the two anterior pairs larger than the others, some- 

 what as in E. globosa. Some females have similar markings on 

 the back of the abdomen. 



Epeira juniperi, Em. (Plate V, figures 1, la.) 



Two males swept from bushes at Ponemah, N. H., were slightly 

 greenish on the abdomen, which is striped with white at the sides 

 and across the front. The rest of the body was pale and yellowish. 

 The ends of the tibia; of first and second legs were light orange, 

 covering nearly half the joint, but not forming a definite ring. The 

 cephalothorax is nearly as wide as long and 2 mm. in length. The 

 legs are long and slender, the tibia and patella of the first pair 

 measuring 3 mm. The spines of the legs are dark colored and 

 very long, especially on the tibial joints ; those on the first tibia; 

 being half as long as the whole tibia. There are no modifications 

 (if the second tibia. 



Epeira labyrinthea, Hentz. 



llentz, in his description of this species, says that a tube, similar 

 to that of Agalena, leads from the web to the nest. I have never 

 seen such a tube; but often there are several threads, as in Zilla 

 Ulrica, leading from the center of the round web to the nest, and 



