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' 4. LYNIPHIA CONFERTA. 
Plate IV. Fig. 7. 
Description. Cephalothorax yellowish, with an abbrevia- 
-ted blackish line; abdomen whitish, varied at the sides with 
greenish lines, with a longitudinal dusky band trifurcated 
towards the base ; feet greenish , 77 , 
Observations. This spider makes a web with its curve 
upward, like an inverted bowl, and remains in its concavity 
in an inverted position. 1t was discovered and delineated by 
my son, Charles A. Hentz. 
Habitat. Alabama. 
5. LINYPHIA COCCINEA. 
Plate IV. Fig. 8. 
Description. Crimson or red; three last joints of palpi, 
area of the eyes, and tip of the tubercle of the abdomen, black ; 
abdomen with a terminal tubercle above the anus; feet yel- 
lowish red , 77, 
Observations. This species is not very rare in North Car- 
olina, but has not been seen in Alabama. It may be readily 
distinguished from Epeira rubens by the form of its abdo- 
men, and other characters. 
Habitat. North Carolina. 
6. LINYPHIA? AUTUMNALIS. 
Plate IV. Ee Io 
Description. Livid yellow ; cephalothorax with a longitu- 
dinal band and margin dusky ; abdomen with a double row 
of dots, connected with a longitudinal line; black above ; an 
indented band blackish beneath; feet varied with dusky 
bands. - 
Observations. This little species, seen only in the North, 
may possibly be referred to Theridion. It makes a web with 
threads stretched in all directions, in the corners of walls, dark 
places, &c., and remains in the middle in an inverted position; 
like Linyphia. ; 
Habitat. Maine and Massachusetts. 
