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12. EPEIRA STRIX. 
Plate XXXI. Fig. 5. 
Description. Rufous; abdomen yellowish, with a scol- 
loped blackish band on each side above, and about six black 
dots, a broad black spot underneath, with a yellow lunule on 
each side; feet, with joints terminated by a black band. 
Observations. The male and female were found very 
frequently near streams, where they make perpendicular webs. 
This spider during the day remains strictly concealed near its 
Web, in a dwelling which it constructs with leaves drawn 
together in the manner of a tube by means of threads. 
Habitat. Pennsylvania. Alabama. 
13. EPEIRA THADDEUS. 
Plate XXXI. Fig. 6. 
Description. Cephalothorax rufous; abdomen green, yel- 
lowish towards the base, with a black band on each side of 
the abdomen, piceous underneath, with a yellow spot in the 
centre ; feet orange, varied with rufous and blackish. A some- 
what large species. 
Observations. This species, which is sometimes whitish on 
the abdomen, is nevertheless very readily recognized. I have 
Seen some specimens larger than the delineation. Its dwel- 
ling-place is really beautiful ; it is placed above its web, and 
made of the finest white silk, shining with a satin lustre; its 
shape is that of an inverted thimble, and it is usually placed 
under a leaf bent together for the purpose of affording shelter 
and security, 
Habitat. Alabama. September, October. 
14. EPEIRA HEBES. 
Plate XXXI. Fig. 7. 
Description. Brown, abdomen with several forked lines, 
and two spots black. 
. Observations. This would appear to be an obscure species, 
And not easily distinguished from E. vulgaris ; but, being first 
