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Habitat. Found on an island of the Tennessee, Oct. 13th, 
after some frost. 
7. EPEIRA OBESA. 
Plate XXX. Fig. 11. 
Description. 'Testaceous; abdomen with obscure marks, 
nearly orbicular, feet with joints tipped with rufous. 
Observations. 'This species was found after the first frosts, 
its abdomen still filled with eggs. 
Habitat. Maine. 
8. EPEIRA TRIFOLIUM. 
Plate XXXI. Fig. 1. 
Description. Cephalothorax pale, with three longitudinal 
blackish bands ; abdomen purplish, with many spots and two 
undulated bands white; joints of feet tipped with black, 
posterior thighs with one black ring near the middle. 
Observations. This elegant species is one of those which 
it is very difficult to distinguish from others. It was found 
in houses and near dwellings. 
Habitat. Maine. 
9. EPEIRA AUREOLA. 
Plate XXXI. Fig. 2. 
Description. Pale testaceous; cephalothorax rufous; ab- 
domen orange color with white dots of various sizes; joints of 
feet tipped with rufous, posterior thighs with one rufous ring 
near the middle. 
Observations... This species certainly differs much in mark- 
ings from E. trifolium, and yet, being found after the first 
frosts, it may have changed by the cold,and prove a mere 
Variety of that species. For the present, however, I consider 
it as distinct. - 
. Habitat.. Maine. 
10. EPEIRA LABRYNTHEA. 
Plate XXXI. Fig. 3. 
Description. Reddish brown, abdomen varied with paler 
