Araneides of the United States. - 195 
aeree Oxyores. Latr. (Sphasus, Walck.) à ^ 
Characters. — Cheliceres elongated, fang short; mazille 
narrow, elongated, tapering towards the tip ; lip as long as, 
or longer than the mazille, tapering towards the tip ; eyes 
eight, subequal or unequal, in four rows, two smallest ones 
forming the first, two largest ones forming the next which is 
wider, two smaller ones forming the next which is widest, 
two small ones forming the last which is not as narrow as 
the first; feet, first pair longest, the second and fourth 
nearly equal, the third being shortest. - p 
abis. Araneides wandering after prey, making no web, 
except around the cocoon, but casting some threads to secure 
their prey ; cocoon conical, surrounded with points, placed in 
a tent made between leaves drawn together as a covering. 
Remarks. The habits of this singular subgenus are very 
similar to those of the tribe Arsorex, of the subgenus Doro- 
MEDES. ‘They are found on the stems of trees, or on the 
blossoms of umbelliferous plants, with their legs extended, like 
Tuomtsvs or Micrommara, and patiently waiting till some un- 
suspecting insect comes within their reach. P d 
1. OXYOPES VIRIDANS. 
Plate XVII. Fig. 2. 
Description, Tender grass-green ; cephalothorax with small 
brown spots on the sides and at base ; abdomen with yellow- 
ish, oval spots, edged with brownish, obliquely turned towards 
the centre, about four each side ; feet and palpi pale, hairy ; 
thighs and palpi with minute black dots beneath ;. feet, 1. 2 
E 3, Large size. Ce 
Observations, This elegant species is by no means com- 
— It is usually found on umbelliferous plants, where, like 
a Micrommata or Thomisus, it watches for the insects attracted 
by the blossoms. A specimen, taken in-September, was kept 
“everal weeks in a glass vessel, where it soon made a cocoon 
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