Araneides of the United States. ATT 
25. EPEIRA RUBENS. 
Plate XXXI. Fig. 18. 
Description. Red; cephalothorax with the region of the 
eyes black ; abdomen with four impressed dots placed somewhat 
anteriorly ; feet black, except the base of the thighs, which is 
red like the palpi and the rest of the body. A small species, 
about the size of the drawing. 
. Observations. This species is not rare, both sexes having 
been found on perpendicular webs. It will be readily distin- 
guished from L. coccinea, by the form of its abdomen, which 
is nearly orbicular, by its legs, which are short, &c. 
Habitat. Alabama. June, October. 
Tribe II. Ovara Incuinata. Body sub-cylindrical, web 
horizontal. | 
26, EPEIRA HORTORUM. 
Plate XXXI. Fig. 19. 
- Description. ‘Tender green; abdomen above silvery white 
with branching blackish lines, beneath green with yellowish 
lines and an orange spot. 
Observations. This truly elegant and common inhabitant 
of gardens and fields, makes an horizontal web on bushes 
Senerally sheltered from strong winds, which would destroy 
ts slender fabric. Its web is extremely regular, and is a fair 
sample of the skill of the genus Erzira. 
Habitat. All the United States. 
27. EPEIRA GIBBEROSA. 
Plate XXXI. Fig. 20. ; 
Description. Pale yellowish green, body covered with 
round yellow dots; cephalothorax elevated in the middle ; 
abdomen yellowish above, with three longitudinal and several 
lagonal lines purplish black, and three or four transverse 
?r^nge lines, underneath greenish with blackish lines and small 
whitish spots; feet hairy, 1. 4. 2. 3. in all specimens. A 
*Pecies of moderate size. 
