Araneides of the United States.. 469 
Observations. This spider should be dedicated to the 
greatest Entomologist of this age, (Latreille) if it proves not 
to be the fasciata. No doubt it is related to E. fasciata of 
Europe. (R. A. IV. 249.) It is quite rare in the Southern 
States, but common in New England, particularly in Maine. 
It abounds in meadows, near the ground, where it makes its 
web. An immaculate species was found in North Carolina, 
which may be referred to this, as its abdomen was not distend- 
ed with eggs, and the bands may become apparent when it 
is full. It was surrounded with several males four or five 
times smaller. 
Habitat. United States. 
3. EPEIRA VULGARIS. 
Plate X XX. Fig. 6. 
Description. Pale gray, abdomen piceous, with various 
Winding white marks, a middle one in the form of a cross ; 
feet with piceous rings. 
Observations. This spider is well known even to those 
Who are not attentive observers of nature. Every one 
has noticed | its regular geometrical web, which is fre- 
quently placed near the windows of our houses. It is sub- 
ject to such variations in color and marking that it is quite 
difficult to distinguish several other species from varieties of 
this species. I have once found seventeen varieties of spiders 
enclosed in the nest of a Sruex, called dirt-dauber in the 
Southern States, and each could be referred to this species, 
though they all differed more or less from each other. This 
Species seems domesticated, being seldom found far from our 
gardens. The reason probably is, that it is more secure there 
from its enemy the Sphex. 
Habitat. South Carolina. 
4. EPEIRA DOMICILIORUM. 
Plate XXX. Fig. 7. 
Description. Gray or brownish, covered with coarse white 
hairs ; cephalothorax with a blackish band near the edge; 
