. The common spiders of the United States. Spiders. i68 THE COMMON SPIDERS The cephalothorax and abdomen are both slightly longer than in trivittata, and the color is more uniform. The cephalothorax is dull yellow, with a middle and two lateral stripes, but these are often absent in light specimens. The legs are colored like the cephalothorax, sometimes a little darker at the ends of the joints. The abdo- men has a middle dark stripe, at the sides of which are two narrow bright yellow lines, which are sometimes bordered with red. Outside of the middle stripes are six pairs of black spots partl
. The common spiders of the United States. Spiders. i68 THE COMMON SPIDERS The cephalothorax and abdomen are both slightly longer than in trivittata, and the color is more uniform. The cephalothorax is dull yellow, with a middle and two lateral stripes, but these are often absent in light specimens. The legs are colored like the cephalothorax, sometimes a little darker at the ends of the joints. The abdo- men has a middle dark stripe, at the sides of which are two narrow bright yellow lines, which are sometimes bordered with red. Outside of the middle stripes are six pairs of black spots partly sur- rounded by yellow. On the under side the ster- num has a yellow stripe in the middle, and the abdomen two curved yellow marks, which may be broken into spots. In the male the body is longer and narrower than in the femiale and longer than the male trivittata, and the tibiae of the second legs are a little thickened and curved as in trivittata. Epeira insularis or marmorea. — The adult females are half to three-quarters of an inch long, the abdomen large and oval, and. I'iG. 3^7. Web of Epeira insularis, with nest above covered with leaves and several threads leading from the nest to the center of the web. One-third the real Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Emerton, J. H. (James Henry), 1847-1930. Boston, London : Ginn & company
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