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EPEIRA. 
Epeimra, Walckander, Latreille, Leach. 
ARANEA, auclorum. 
CHARACTER GENERICUS. 
Thorax inversé elongato-subcordatus, anticé late truncatus: 
oculi octo; quatuor mediis in tuberculum abruptum im- 
positis quadratum efformantibus ; duobus anticis majori- 
bus, remotioribus; lateralibus duobus utrinque subgemi- 
natis in tuberculum obliqué impositis : pedes mediocres, 
hispidi, femoribus subrobustis ; primi, secundi deinde, 
quarti postea longiores ; tertii breviores: wngues exserti. 
Abdomen subglobosum, magnum, thorace multo latits. 
Maxille subcirculares, interné membranaceze. 
Latium semicirculare, breve, apice membranaceum. 
EPEIRA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Thorax inversely elongate-subcordate, anteriorly broadly 
truncate : eyes eight; the four middle ones placed on 
an abrupt tubercle, and arranged in the form of a qua- 
drangle; the two anterior eyes of this group largest, 
and more distant ; the two lateral eyes subgeminated, set 
obliquely on a tubercle : /egs moderate, hairy, the thighs 
rather thick ; the first pair, then the second longest ; 
the third pair shortest: claws exserted. 
Abdomen subglobose, large, much broader than the thorax. 
Mazxilla subcircular, internally membranaceous. 
Lip semicircular, short, the apex membranaceous. 
