414 Hentz's Descriptions of the 
described in South Carolina, then seen in North Carolina sev- 
eral years afterwards, I consider it as a distinct species. It is 
perfectly inactive in the daytime, living chiefly on coleopterous 
insects, which it binds up in a few minutes with a strong web 
of silk. 
. Habitat. Southern Atlantic States. 
15. EPEIRA MAURA. 
Plate XXXI. Fig. 8. 
Description. Rufous; abdomen oval, black, highly glossy, 
with yellow spots, underneath blackish, spotted with yellow- 
ish ; feet varied with black rings. A middle size species. 
Observations. This very distinct species was usually found 
in the vicinity of streams of water. 
Habitat. Alabama. April, May, September. 
16. EPEIRA NIVEA. 
: Plate XXXI. Fig 9. 
— Description. White above and beneath ; abdomen nearly 
orbicular, with an oval blackish spot on the disc. rae 
Observations. This spotless species is remarkable for » 
pale color, and in that respect approaches E. alba, but it dif- 
fers from it by the form of its abdomen, and by its more slen- 
der legs. 
Habitat. Alabama. July. 
17. EPEIRA? HAMATA. 
Plate XXXI. Fig. 10. 
Description. Whitish; abdomen with a blackish band 
broad at base, and terminating in a point before uem cn 
feet, (in the male) varied with blackish, with a few long hairs 
second pair with antepenult joint crooked, having one brist 
longer than the rest. 
Observations. 'The characters of this, somewhat depart 
from Errira. The web has not been observed, and the 
female is unknown. Could it be the male of E. nivea? 
Habitat. Alabama. August. 
