. The common spiders of the United States. Spiders. 2IO THE COMMON SPIDERS volupis, and the middle light stripe is narrower and not as bright yellow (fig. 479). The sternum and under side of the abdomen are gray, as dark as the upper part and sides, while in volupis they are generally lighter. The males have the cephalothorax larger, and that and the legs a little brighter colored than in the female, and the abdomen darker. The mandibles are not as long as in the male volupis, and the ends of the male palpi are much smaller and the tibia longer and straighter than in volupis (fig. 481). Dictyn
. The common spiders of the United States. Spiders. 2IO THE COMMON SPIDERS volupis, and the middle light stripe is narrower and not as bright yellow (fig. 479). The sternum and under side of the abdomen are gray, as dark as the upper part and sides, while in volupis they are generally lighter. The males have the cephalothorax larger, and that and the legs a little brighter colored than in the female, and the abdomen darker. The mandibles are not as long as in the male volupis, and the ends of the male palpi are much smaller and the tibia longer and straighter than in volupis (fig. 481). Dictyna cruciata. — About a tenth of an inch long, with the abdomen large and oval, as in nuiraria. The cephalothorax is light brown above and below, and the legs the same color, but still lighter. The abdomen is gray beneath and at the sides, and silvery white on the back, sometimes over the whole upper surface, but oftener in a stripe widened in the middle so as to form a white cross on thorax and palpus of male. ^ crrouud (fig. 482). 481, palpus of male. & J' tr. V & t / The males are darker colored, with the light spot on the abdomen smaller. The male palpi are short and slender, the ends large and rounded and carried close to the head (fig. 483). Dictyna volucripes and muraria. — These two gray spiders are the common Dictynas on walls and fences and on the ends of grass and weeds, where they make webs shaped according to the places where they. Figs. 479, 480, 481. Dictyna frondea. — 479, markings of the abdomen enlarged eight times. 480, cephalo- ip; 481, palpui. 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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