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subgenus, as it makes a horizontal web. For the present it 
may be placed in my tribe of the Ovate inclinata. 
Habitat. Alabama. 
32. EPEIRA VERRUCOSA. 
Plate III. Fig. 2. 
Description. Purplish brown or black, varied with yellow- 
ish; body very soft; abdomen with a large triangular spot, 
glossy yellow or whitish; six or eight tubercles more or less 
prominent at the apex, sometimes with a white dot near their 
root; base with a tubercle on each side; feet annulated with 
brownish. 
Observations. This species is very distinct, and not rare, 
usually preferring shady places, and the vicinity of waters. 
Habitat. North Carolina. Alabama. July. October. 
33. EPEIRA SCUTULATA. 
Plate III. Fig. 3. 
Description. Pale yellowish ; abdomen in the form of an 
escutcheon ; varied with orange, and yellow spots; two rows 
of black dots approximating towards the apex, and another 
row at base. A small species. 
Observations. This species makes the common web, and 
remains above in a web of crossed ee like that of 
Tueripium. 
Habitat. Alabama. October. 
34. EPEIRA INFUMATA. 
Plate III. Fig. 4. 
Description. Dusky gray; abdomen with two lunar spots 
and several abbreviated lines; bi-tuberculated at base; thighs 
~- tipped with black. 
Observations. This spider is readily distinguished from 
any other by its form and color. The lateral eyes are placed 
hearer the edge of the cephalothorax than the middle ones, 
and this pind is possessed by E. stellata (?), prompta, 
, and spine 
Habitat. North Carolina. Alabama. 
