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The genus Epéira of Latreille I have divided into several 
good genera; the species of that genus, which retains the 
name, are very numerous: one of the most common of the 
British ones is Kpéira diadema (aranea diadema, Linn.), 
the Diadem or Sceptre Spider. 
EPEIRA GIGAS. 
TAB. CIX. 
E. thorace nigro disco margineque ferruptneis, palpis pe- 
dibusque rufescentibus nigro annulatis, abdomine albido : 
medio lineis duabus angulatis postice convergentibus 
brunneis. 
- Habitat ——— 
Mus. Britan. Macleay. 
GIGANTIC EPEIRA. 
Thorax black, with the margin and centre ferruginous; 
palpi and legs reddish, annulated with black; abdomen 
whitish, the middle with two brown angulated lines 
converging behind. 
I suspect this gigantic epéira to be a native of North 
America. 
There are fine specimens in the British Museum, and in 
the collection of Macleay. 
