. The common spiders of the United States. Spiders. 46 THE COMMON SPIDERS under the eyes and pointing forward in the middle (fig. 128). The abdomen has light markings in the middle similar to those of aiiratiivi, but those at the sides are less distinct. The male has the white stripes in the middle and around the abdomen like auratiim. The cephalothorax has the same white lines at the sides under the eyes and at the posterior end. It does not have a middle white stripe on the head between the eyes or two white spots just behind it, as aiiratmn has, but the marking behind the eyes is more disti
. The common spiders of the United States. Spiders. 46 THE COMMON SPIDERS under the eyes and pointing forward in the middle (fig. 128). The abdomen has light markings in the middle similar to those of aiiratiivi, but those at the sides are less distinct. The male has the white stripes in the middle and around the abdomen like auratiim. The cephalothorax has the same white lines at the sides under the eyes and at the posterior end. It does not have a middle white stripe on the head between the eyes or two white spots just behind it, as aiiratmn has, but the marking behind the eyes is more distinct, as it is in the female. The front legs of the male (fig. 127) are not ornamented with long hairs like auTatnni, but the third legs have a very peculiar shape, the patella being wide and flat, with a dark spot in the middle of the front side (fig. 126). The shape of this joint is best shown by the figure. When approaching the female he holds up the front legs and draws in the third pair so that the ornamented patellae show from in front. Habrocestum splendens. — A little larger than the other species, with the female distinctly marked with black and white and the male with brilliant red and iridescent scales. The females are about a quarter of an inch long, sometimes longer, and the males are a little smaller. The cephalothorax of the female is covered with brown scales mixed with black hairs. Across the middle, just behind the dorsal eyes, is a light band that curves behind the eyes and extends forward in the middle. The abdomen has a white band in front, one on each side, and one in the middle, the rest being deep black. The shape of these markings varies and the black parts are often broken into two rows of spots. The cephalothorax of the male is covered with dark iridescent scales, with blue, green, and purple. Fig. 129. Habroces- tum splendens.— Male enlarged eight Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digit
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