194 - Hentz's Descriptions of the 
_solete scolloped band, grayish black ; feet, varied with grayish 
black, 2. T. à. 3., or sometimes 2. 4. T. 3. A large species. 
Observations. This spider lives on trees and bushes, where 
it watches for prey, with extended legs. A female was found 
“in May, in the leaf of a Morus multicaulis. It had made its 
cocoon there, and surrounded itself with a snow-white tent in 
all directions. ‘Transferred under a tumbler, it moved its 
cocoon twice before it could be satisfied with a new location, 
and made another smooth, white web. It remained con- 
stantly by its cocoon, which it embraced closely with its long 
legs. The cocoon is white, orbicular, and suspended by one 
thread in the middle of the tent. 
Habitat. North Alabama. 
4. MICROMMATA CAROLINENSIS. 
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Plate XVI. Fig. 9. 
Description. 'Testaceous or brownish ; cephalothorax with 
two approximate longitudinal darkish bands on the disc ; ab- 
domen with two longitudinal rows of abbreviated lines, and S 
rows of small dots within these, white; sometimes attaining 
great size, 1.84, nearly two inches, from the end of the first 
pair of legs to that of the fourth. ideis pedi 
Observations. This spider is found wandering on trees, 
walls, &c., and sometimes in houses, in search of prey. na 
very destructive of flies, and very vóracious. Its aen 
usually made under some large leaves, is white, orbicular. 
The mother hatches her progeny, and continues with the 
young for some time after they are come out; the young liv- 
ing together under a common tent. A specimen was Kan z 
in December, the cephalothorax of which was wider, the ai 
row of eyes straight, the abdomen small -and tapering; Y 
only a few abbreviated lines. Was this a distinct species : 
A male was found, Alabama, April, measuring over three 
inches from the end of one of the second pair of legs to the 
end of the other. ^. Habitat. North Carolina, Alabama- 
