184° 
NEPHILA MACULATA. 
TAB. -CX. 
N. nigricans, thorace fusco-ferrugineo, coxis palpisque 
basi croceo-luteis, abdomine luteo ventre lateribusque 
infuscatis: hdc lineis ill6 maculis albis. 
Aranea Maculata. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 2. 425. 
Dongv. Insect. of China. 
Habitat in Sina. 
SPOTTED NEPHILA. 
Blackish; thorax fuscous-ferruginous ; coxe and base of the 
palpi croceous-luteous ; abdomen luteous ; the belly and 
sides brown, the latter with lines, the former with spots 
of a white colour. 
This beautiful Nephila is a native of China, from whence 
it is often sent in a broken_state. 
