Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . Figure 217.—Cyclosa caudata; a, dorsal; b, profile view of female, enlargedabout 4 times ; after Emerton. Figure 219o.—Epeira labyrinthea; a, dorsalview. Figure 2196.—The same; male palpus; after Emerton. Seteropoda venntoria (L.) ; C4reat House-spider. Figure 206. Color dull grajdsh brown or yellowish brown, with scattered black-ish hairs; on the legs black specks at the base of hairs. Length ofbody sometimes 22-24™ ; expanse of legs may be 130°, or inches. Takes its prey by chasing or jumping upon it, like theWolf-spide

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Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . Figure 217.—Cyclosa caudata; a, dorsal; b, profile view of female, enlargedabout 4 times ; after Emerton. Figure 219o.—Epeira labyrinthea; a, dorsalview. Figure 2196.—The same; male palpus; after Emerton. Seteropoda venntoria (L.) ; C4reat House-spider. Figure 206. Color dull grajdsh brown or yellowish brown, with scattered black-ish hairs; on the legs black specks at the base of hairs. Length ofbody sometimes 22-24™ ; expanse of legs may be 130°, or inches. Takes its prey by chasing or jumping upon it, like theWolf-spiders. In spite of its evil Latin name it is considered harm-less by the natives, and is also useful in killing cockroaches andother vermin. A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. 839 Lycosa Atlantica Marx ; Common Wolf-spider. Figures 220, 221. The color of this species is variable. In some of our specimenspreserved in formalin the cephalothorax is dusky or tawny brown,with a narrow median stripe of lighter brownish yellow, wider ante-riorly, and a curv

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