Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . rsal view offemale, xH; 216—b, palpus of male; c, epigynum ; after Marx. abdomen dark gray or pale gray, thickly specked and blotched withblack, the black often predominant; legs yellowish brown, or light A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. 83 Y gray, broadly banded with black; the black often prevails, so thatthey appear black with narrow whitish bands. Young ones are palewith narrow black bands on the legs. One adult female is tawnybrown on the thorax, with a pair of lateral crescent-shaped spots ofyellowish on the sides, besides
Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . rsal view offemale, xH; 216—b, palpus of male; c, epigynum ; after Marx. abdomen dark gray or pale gray, thickly specked and blotched withblack, the black often predominant; legs yellowish brown, or light A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. 83 Y gray, broadly banded with black; the black often prevails, so thatthey appear black with narrow whitish bands. Young ones are palewith narrow black bands on the legs. One adult female is tawnybrown on the thorax, with a pair of lateral crescent-shaped spots ofyellowish on the sides, besides the posterior spot; abdomen gi-ayishbrown; large anterior legs tawny or rufous, with wide black bands ;others with black and white bands. Cyclosa caudata (Hentz) = C. conica Emert. Figures 21*7, «, h. Color varied with gray, black, and white, with some yellow, invariable proportions, some being light and others dark gray ; cepha-lothorax often dark gray or black, legs white annulated with blackat the joints and usually between them ; abdomen dark Figure 218.—Silvery Spider {Argyroepeira hortorum); a, dorsal view of male;b, dorsal view of female, x 2 ; c, male palpi; much enlarged ; after Emerton. Length 5 to e™. The hump on the abdomen of the female is varia-ble in size, and is scarcely noticeable in the smaller male. Its habits in Bermuda are the same as described by Emerton for itin New England : This species seems to live all the time in the web. Across theweb there is usually a line of dead insects and other rubbish fastenedtogether with a quantity of loose web in which the cocoons are alsoconcealed. The spider standing in the middle of this band, where itcrosses the center of the web, looks like part of the rubbish. 838 A. JE. Verrill— The Bermuda Islands. Argyroepeira hortorum (Hentz) Emert.; Silvery Orb-web Sjjider,Figures 218, a, b, c. Abdomen pale yellowish brown or buff, Avith large irregularpatches of bright silvery white ; thorax plain yellowish ;
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