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at the very furthermost end of one of its main supports, under cover 
of a leaf or branch, or the corner of a building to which it may be 
fastened, ready to dart down into its web, spread out like a net to 
catch its prey. It has the habit, especially when disturbed, of 
arranging its legs fore and aft, so as to assume a linear appearance. 
Epeira, Walck. 
E. solers ? Walck. A prettily marked, yellowish-brown, out- 
dooi Spider, which is commonly found spinning a geometric web, of 
considerable size, from leaf to leaf of the prickly-pear hushes, 
especially in the neighbourhood of Maldivia and the low warm 
land. I have also found it in houses in Jamestown. If it be 
E. solers (Walck), which is rather doubtful, it is indigenous to 
Great Britain ; it occurs also in Bombay, Ceylon, and South-east 
Africa, from any of which places it may have been introduced to 
St. Helena through the agency of ships. 
Argiope, Savig. 
A. aurelia, Savig.— This is by far the largest Spider found in 
the Island. It is a large, striped, yellow, black and silver crea- 
ture, which inhabits the warm sheltered spots of medium altitude 
(from 300 to 1500 feet above the sea). It is quite an outdoor 
insect, and spreads its large, strong, geometric web across the tops 
of the coarse grass, called guinea-grass, and from leaf to leaf of the 
common prickly-pear bushes. One web generally contains a colony 
of some nine or ten inmates, in addition to several huge egg bags, 
including two or three smaller Argiopes, and six or seven Argyrodes 
epeira. A good supply of captured moths hung up at one corner 
of the web completes the establishment, and all seem to live 
peaceably together. It is one of the most abundant spiders in the 
Island, particularly in the upper part of James’ valley. It is not 
easily alarmed, and it requires a considerable amount of interference 
to cause the big fellow at the head of the colony to vacate the 
centre of the web. It is also found in Egypt. 
Fam. Uloboridce. 
Uloborus, Latr. 
IT. williamsii, Bl. ( Oritkyia vnlliamsii, Bl.) — A small, light- 
