404 J. H. Enierton — Canadian Spiders. 



Epeira trifolium Hentz, Journal Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 



E. trifolium Em., New Eng. Epeiridse, 1884. 

 E. obesa and E. aureola Hentz. 



Rocky Mts., around Laggan, from 5000 to 5400 ft.; Alberta Terri- 

 tory, east of mountains ; Gaspe. Entry Island, Gulf of St. Lawrence. 

 Common all over 'Kew England and 'New York. 



Epeira displicata Hentz. 

 E. displicata Eraerton. 



Rocky Mts. near Laggan, 5000 to 5400 ft. Anticosti L, Gulf of 

 St. Lawrence. 



Epeira patagiata (Clerck) Thor. 

 E. patagiata Emerton. 



This seems to be the common brown JEJ2yeira all over Canada and 

 as far south as Massachusetts. I have specimens from Hector, 

 British Columbia, at 5170 to 5190 feet. Lake of the Woods, 

 Saskatchewan River, S. H. Scudder ; Montreal ; Anticosti L; Triangle 

 harbor, Labrador. Also from Portland, Oregon, S. Henshaw. I 

 have not found it south of Massachusetts. It is a common spider in 

 the north of Europe. E. patagiata is easily distinguished from the 

 nearl}^ related species, E. strix and E. sclopetaria^ by the shape of 

 the epigynum and male palpus. The Canadian specimens from the 

 Rock}'- Mts. and from Montreal have these organs of the usual shape, 

 while those from Gaspe and Lake of the Woods, all females, have a 

 slightly different form of epigynum. PL i, figs. 3 and 3a are from a 

 Montreal specimen and PI. i, fig. Zh from one from Gaspe. It is 

 probable that E, hilaris, from Newfoundland, described by Cam- 

 bridge in Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edinburgh, 1881, is this species. 



Epeira sclopetaria Clark E. sericata Blk. 



Ottawa, J. B. T^a-rell, not common in Canada. 



Epeira strix Hentz. 



E. strix Emerton. 



E. apocUsa Giebel, Illinois Spiders, Zeitsch. f. Gesammt. Nat., 1869, and probably 



E. affinis Blackwal], in Spiders from Canada, Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist., 1846. 



Males from northern part of Alberta Territory and from Gaspe. 

 A number of females and young from Lake Winnepegosis resem- 

 bling in general appearance E. patagiata. Found as iar south as 



