Araneides of the United States. _ 
is reversed, and the legs are different. In several particulars 
is is related also to Tetragnatha. 
The habits of the spider upon which I have established this 
new subdivision, are analogous to those of Epeira. Its web 
however is always horizontal. When threatened, it shakes 
its web violently and thus escapes the notice of its enemies. 
The attachment of the mother to her cocoon is really surpris- 
ing. The web may be taken up with the cocoon attached ; 
and the mother, unwilling to leave it, suffers herself to be car- 
ried with it, without manifesting the least fear. This may 
be enclosed in a box, and she will remain by it, apparently 
contented, if it is not torn from her care. 
1. PHILLYRA MAMMEATA. 
Plate III. Fig. 16. 
Description. Brownish ; abdomen with diagonal blackish 
lines more or less distinct ; one tubercle on each side ante- 
riorly ; varied with brown and blackish underneath ; anterior 
pair of legs very long and stouter than the rest; the antepenult 
joint with a tuft of blackish bristles above and below near the 
apex, and usually a pale ring at the base ; the other legs varied » 
with whitish and brown. 
Observations. This spider makes a horizontal web, 
usually in cavities, among large logs, or in hollow trunks of 
trees. It shakes its web violently when threatened; and 
when at rest, being always under it in an inverted position, 
extends its legs ina parallel line, like Tetragnatha. Its co- 
coon is made in the shape of a double cone or cylinder, taper- 
ing at both ends. It is whitish, with veins of brownish black, 
and has many small, sharp tubercles. ‘The mother watches it 
with an incredible perseverance, and cannot be separated from 
it by any inducement that can be offered. Fear seems to be 
wholly merged in maternal solicitude ; and, as soon as the 
cocoon is torn from its place, having remained firmly attached 
to it, she proceeds to secure it with new threads. 
Habitat. Alabama, in dry — 
JOURNAL B. 8. N. H. 
