. Economic entomology . 88 ARACHNOIDEA. CASE Xysticus PINI {HaJiu), Thomisus audax, Bl.—W. Enlarged sketch of ditto. VII. No. II. Similar in appearance to the last. No. 12. Thomisus onustus {Walck.\ Th. abbreviatus, BL—\2. Enlarged sketch of ditto. A yellow species with the ab- domen so much turned down as to appear abruptly truncate. DiyEA DORSATA (ivz^.), Thomisus flori- colens, Bl.—13. Enlarged figure of ditto. Found in chalk and limestone districts; the male and female differ much in appearance. The female has the cephalo-thorax Thomisus abbreviatus (slightly magnified). 2Xld^ ICgS grCCn,
. Economic entomology . 88 ARACHNOIDEA. CASE Xysticus PINI {HaJiu), Thomisus audax, Bl.—W. Enlarged sketch of ditto. VII. No. II. Similar in appearance to the last. No. 12. Thomisus onustus {Walck.\ Th. abbreviatus, BL—\2. Enlarged sketch of ditto. A yellow species with the ab- domen so much turned down as to appear abruptly truncate. DiyEA DORSATA (ivz^.), Thomisus flori- colens, Bl.—13. Enlarged figure of ditto. Found in chalk and limestone districts; the male and female differ much in appearance. The female has the cephalo-thorax Thomisus abbreviatus (slightly magnified). 2Xld^ ICgS grCCn, thc abdomen yellowish, with a large brown mark on the back. The male is slenderer, has the cephalo-thorax red, and the abdomen yellowish, with oblique brownish bars. The legs are reddish and green. No. 14. Philodromus margaritatus {Clerck), Ph. pallidas, Bl.—14. Enlarged figures. Rather a large species (more than \ of an inch in length), pale greenish olive, barred a little with brown, and with pale brownish legs mottled with light brown. Nos. Micrommata virescens (C/^;r^), Sparassus smaragdulus, i^/.—15. Enlarged '^' ^ • figure of male. 16. Ditto of female. The female and young male of this spider are entirely green, but the full grown male has the abdomen with a broad yellow longi- tudinal stripe down the upper side, bordered by two bright red lines, and a bright red angular pointed one in the middle. Like its congeners, it is a hunting spider, and is very rapid in its
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