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EPEIRA PORCULA. Sim. 
1876, Mpdira porcuia^ Sim. Etudes Arachn. 1X„ p, 78, pL 3, fig. 7-73. 
1890. „ „ Thor, Studl etc, IV., vol. I., p. 172. 
Description of Plate 42$ — spider, mag.; ^, natural size; profile j cephalu- 
thorax, underside \ eyes ; / epigyne ; do. profile. 
Total length, 7 ; cephalothorax, ^% ; breadth, 3 ; do. in front, 1 ^4 abdomen, 5 j 
breadth, 4^^ ; height, 3 millim. Leg, i.— 14; ii. — ; "1.-5; iv.— 11 millim. Patella 
+tibiai iv. — 4 millim. 
This spider makes a perpendicular web from iS to 20 inches in diameter. 
Rays 17—20 
Innner spiral ... 3—4 turns. 
Free zone ... 1 — 2 inches. 
Outer spiral ... 37— 42 turns. 
Spider sits in centre, head downwards ; in one case was sitting under a leaf out of 
snare. 
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