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the legs appear, also, to be longer in the female. The femora and 

 patellae are all dark, and the other joints ringed with black at the 

 ends, and in the middle covering more than half their length. The 

 abdomen of the female is marked with light and dark colors, like 

 JE. silvatica, and the shape of the epigynum is the same. The 

 abdomen of the male is almost black, marked indistinctly with rows 

 of light spots. There are no distinct markings on the under side of 

 the abdomen in either sex, nor on the sternum. 



The male palpi resemble those of JE. solitaria Em., a large spider 

 only found once in Massachusetts. The parts of the palpal organ are 

 large and the long terminal hook is very distinct. PI. 1, fig. 1. 

 The male has short spines on the first and second coxae, like silvatica. 



A male and female from Laggan. 



Speira nordmanni. 



A small male and female from Gaspe seem to belong to this 

 species, which has before been found in Maine and the White 

 Mountains. 



The female is but 8™™ long, otherwise it agrees closely with the 

 specimens from Maine. The markings, which are very variable in 

 this species, are shown in PI. i, fig. 2; the epigynum in PI. i, fig. 

 2c, 2d. 



The male differs from the female, as usual in this group. Tt is 

 but 5"""^ long. The markings of the front of the abdomen are more 

 distinct than in the female and separated from the hinder markings 

 by a dark and light line, from one hump to the other. The makings 

 of the hinder half are like those of the female, but lighter. PI. i, 

 fig. 2c?. The femur of the second leg is a little enlarged, widest in 

 the middle, with five black spines on the upper and inner side of the 

 distal half, and a line of smaller spines below them. The palpi of 

 the male have the palpal organ small, with a large angular piece at 

 the base on the outer side. PI. i, fig. 2h. 



Epeira silvatica Emerton, New Eng. Epeiridse, 1884. 



A male from Gaspe, R. W. Ellis, 1883. Also found in the 

 Adirondacks and White Mts., and in New England. 



Upeira marmorea (Clerck) Thor. 



E. marmorea Emerton, New Eng. Epeiridae, 1884. 



A female from Lake of the Woods, and one from Gaspe. Com- 

 mon as far south at Massachusetts. 



