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& broad, brownish band; abdomen with a scolloped, dusky 
band ; feet slightly marked with dusky. 
Observations. This spider is usually found on blossoms, 
watching for prey, in the manner of Tuomtsus. It seems per- 
fectly distinct from M. Carolinensis, but specimens occur in 
which the cephalothorax is much wider: is it owing merely to 
the state of the abdomen, which has become narrower when 
the eges are laid? It makes no web, but, when attacked, it 
leaves a thread behind. This is a .common species, which 
does not reach the size of D. Carolinensis. . 
Habitat, Alabama. All seasons. 
2, MICROMMATA SERRATA.. 
Plate XVI. Fig. 8. 
` Description. Pale yellowish gray ; cephalothorax with two 
parallel, longitudinal, narrow, greenish bands ; abdomen with 
a narrow, scolloped, brownish band above, beneath with two 
longitudinal blackish lines, approaching each other, and be- 
coming narrower towards the apex ; feet slightly marked with 
grayish rings, in all specimens, 2.1.4.3. A small species. 
Observations. This singular little spider is commonly 
found on plants, particularly on broad leaves, more abundantly 
in damp places, It spreads its feet, and seems fond of basking 
in the sunshine, Its webs are various ; sometimes it throws 
out only a few threads on the upper surface of a leaf ; at other 
limes, it makes a web in the tops of bushes, like that of several 
Species of THerrpium ; and it has also been found in a web 
“milar to that of Aceena, but open equally at both ends. I 
had once supposed that this might be the young of M. undata ; 
. m convinced it is a very distinct species, never acquir- 
mg a large size, Habitat, North Alabama. Summer. 
(Biarcuatæ.) 3. MICROMMATA MARMORATA.. 
teu Plate XVI. Fig 5- 
Description, Pale gray or whitish ; abdomen with an ob- 
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