Araneides of the United States. 465 
one who rambles in the fields than the first species of this 
sub-genus. Its habitus is totally different from that of Te- 
GENARIA; it is very voracious, attains an immense size, and 
probably lives many years. 
1. AGELENA NZEVIA ? Bosc. 
Plate XXX. Fig. 1, 1a, young. 
Description. Rufous hairy, cephalothorax with two lon- 
gitudinal black bands, abdomen blackish with two longitudinal 
rows of whitish dots. Feet very hairy, with joints terminated 
by a blackish ring. 
Observations. This species, common in the United States, 
makes a large horizontal web, spread on bushes or on the 
grass, with a tubular retreat which terminates in some crevice 
in the ground, a stump, or any convenient hole to hide itself; 
Strong cross threads are attached to the bushes above the web. 
It varies very greatly in size, and is remarkably voracious. 
hen very young it makes its web on the ground, on high- 
Ways; and in the morning, when the earth is covered with 
dew, myriads can be seen in April and May. 
Habitat. Common in all parts of the United States. 
2. AGELENA? PLUMBEA. 
Plate XXX. Fig. 2. 
Description. Pale rufous; abdomen leaden color, with 
four impressed dots, the six nipples long ; same color beneath, 
one pale spot each side of the base of the abdomen, over the 
Pulmonary orifices. 
Observations. This spider was found in North Carolina 
Under a stone, in a silken tube. Another specimen was also 
found under a stone in Alabama; it was discovered watching 
à cocoon made of thin but strong white silk, containing about 
fifty or sixty eggs of a’ whitish color. As its web was not 
seen, it may not belong to this division, and may be ultimately 
referred to HenpvrLvs. 
Habitat, North Carolina, Alabama. 
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