DESCRIPTION OF GENERA AND SPECIES. ilies 
Eyes: Ocular quad on a decided prominence, about as wide as high; MF about equal 
to MR in size; MI separated by about 1.5 diameters, and by about an equal space from 
MR. The latter separated by about one-half diameter; side eyes separated by a slight space. 
SF larger than SR, the latter being placed well to the side of the former, and in their 
curvature. The front row recurved, rear almost aligned; SF separated from MF about 1.3 
the space which divides the latter, or about the area of the latter; SR from MR by about 
twice the area of the latter; clypeus about 1.5 to 2 diameters MF. 
Leas: 1, 2, 4,3; stout, well armed with yellow spines and bristles with dark bases; 
joints with brown apical and median annuli; palps colored and marked as legs; mandibles 
conical, yellow. 
AspomEen: Triangular ovate; the length about equals the breadth across the base, at 
which point are two well-developed tubercles. The color varies from dark brown to yellow- 
ish brown. The tubercles are beautifully reticulated, as is also the subtriangular basal 
front, which slopes rather sharply to the cephalothorax; in the middle of the base is a 
cruciform marking of yellow color. The folium is somewhat undulated laterally, but indi- 
viduals vary in this respect. The dorsum is well arched, the spinnerets distal. A squarish 
patch of brown marks the yenter, bordered with a broad reticulated yellow ribbon; the 
spinnerets are brown, except a slight ring of yellow. The epigynum (Fig. 7d) has a well 
developed scapus, broad at the base and narrowing toward the top; it is much wrinkled 
and curved, as shown in the side view (7b), and extends well over the portule. 
Disrrieution: Massachusetts and New York; probably all of New England and the 
northern Middle States. Specimens received from Mr. Nathan Banks, Ithaca, N. Y. 
No. 35. Epeira miniata Watckenarr. Plate VIII, Figs. 8, 9; Pl. X, Figs. 7, 8. 
\ 1837. Epeira miniata Wauckenarr . . Ins. Apt., ii., No. 17, p. 39; Aspor, G.S., Nos. 228, 
229, 230. 
v 1837. peira cingulata Wauckenarr . Ins. Apt., ii, No. 18, p. 40; Axnpor’s “ Belted 
Spider,” Nos. 232, 365. 
| 1837. Epeira guitulata, Wackenarr. . Ins, Apt., ii, No. 65, p. 78; Appor, ‘G. S., No. 233. 
~ 1837. Hpeira bivittata, Wauckenarr . . Ins. Apt., ii, p. 78, No. 66; Aspor, G.S., No. 284. 
1850. Epeira seutulata, Hentz. . . . . B. J. 8., p. 19, iii, 3; Sp. U.S. p. 121, xiv., 3. 
1879. Epeira punctillata, Keysertina . Neue Spinn. aus Amer., i, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. 
Wien, p. 304, pl. iv., 7, male palp. 
1889. Epeira scutulata Marx ..... Catalogue, p. 547. 
1892. Epeira scutulata Knyseruine . . Spinn, Aiuerik. Ep., p. 129, tab. vi., 96, fem. 
In giving the synonyma of this beautiful species I have been guided by my studies of 
Abbot's MSS., and my notes thereon show that I regard Nos. 228, 229, and 230 as the same 
species, and consider that 230, an immature male, also belongs to the same species. No. 228 
resembles those forms in my collection in which two oval white patches stand out prom- 
inently upon the dorsal base of the abdomen between the tubercles. The colors are yellow, 
the round whitish patches red. The dorsal tubercles are strongly suggested in No, 228, but 
are represented in No. 229, which is distinctly marked by the V-shaped rows of black spots 
on the margin of the folium. No, 230 of Abbot is a yellow specimen with brownish folium, 
and a red bow along the abdominal front. The V-shaped spots show distinctly in this 
example, which, like No. 227, is an immature male. Abbot’s Nos. 232 and 233 appear to be 
the same species, although the abdominal tubercles are indistinctly indicated, or so nearly 
wanting that one hesitates to decide. They are beautifully colored. No. 233 has the ceph- 
alothorax and legs of greenish yellow; the abdomen green and yellow, with a median 
lateral stripe of brown with yellow centre; the eight V-shaped spots are brown within 
yellow circles. No. 233 (Epeira guttulata, Walck.) has the cephalothorax, legs, and abdom- 
inal front yellow, the abdomen orange brown, with eight black V-shaped spots within 
yellow circles. I place this number in the synonyma with less confidence than the others, 
