Some of Mrs. Epeira’s Neighbors 
when you see her is a crescent spot near 
the centre of the abdomen. It flashes 
and gleams as she moves about, till you 
are ready to declare that it is a spark of 
fire. It is not, however, but only a bit of 
exquisite metallic colornmg. The rest 
of her gown is in keeping with this 
brilliant bit of trimming. It is dark- 
green and black on the abdomen and 
waxlike white on the cephalo-thorax, 
while her eight slender legs 
are clad in light green dotted 
with black. All this shows 
from the under side. But 
you must get a glimpse of 
the upper surface. Here 
the abdomen has bands of 
real silver running the en- 
tire length. ‘These are sep- 
arated by stripes of black 
bordered with green. The 
cephalo-thorax has the same _ piagram of Sitver- 
i : back’s eyes. 
wax-like cover that it has on “°° 
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