WEAVERS OF ROUND WEBS. a ntal 
southwest as Texas. It abounds along the Atlantic seaboard from Maine 
southward at least to Delaware and Maryland; and Hentz found it in Ala- 
bama; he named it from the scalloped or furrow like markings 
The on the dorsum of the abdomen. In appearance and habits it 
Furrow mice : : ; 
Spider resembles Epeira cornuta of Europe, and is not improbably a 
variety of that species.! If this be so the species has a vast dis- 
tribution, and retains its peculiarities in all countries, latitudes, and condi- 
tions with undisturbed persistence. 
Fic. 101. Typical orb of Epeita. Half tone engraying made from a photograph. 
None of our Orbweayers more habitually shuns the light. She is ravely, 
except when very young, found upon her snare during the day; but occu- 
pies a neighboring crevice, tubular tent, or rolled leaf, concealed within 
*T have compared with the habits of E. cornuta as described by Menge in his Prussian 
Spiders. The spinning, nesting, and cocooning and general habits of the two well agree. 
