. The common spiders of the United States. Spiders. live, having in some part of the web a hole in which the spider usually hides (fig. 473). Some allied species make nearly cir- cular webs on walls, with the hole near the center, and gather so much dust as to appear like a spot of dirt (fig. 471). Voh(cripes is about a sixth of an inch in length, and 4^*^ viuraria an eighth of an inch. ]\^lHcripcs is browner in color and more common on plants, and miiraiia is grayer and more com- mon on fences. Both species are marked much alike. The cephalothorax is dark brown, partly covered with light gray
. The common spiders of the United States. Spiders. live, having in some part of the web a hole in which the spider usually hides (fig. 473). Some allied species make nearly cir- cular webs on walls, with the hole near the center, and gather so much dust as to appear like a spot of dirt (fig. 471). Voh(cripes is about a sixth of an inch in length, and 4^*^ viuraria an eighth of an inch. ]\^lHcripcs is browner in color and more common on plants, and miiraiia is grayer and more com- mon on fences. Both species are marked much alike. The cephalothorax is dark brown, partly covered with light gray hairs, some of which form roughly three stripes on the head. The abdomen is large and round, in some females nearly as wide as long. The front half has a middle dark spot of various shapes, and the hmder half two rows of. Figs. 4S4 48^ 4S6 Die tyna volucnpes — 4S4, female enlarged eight times 4S!; tibia of male palpus of Dictjiia volu cripeb 4S6 tibn of male pilpus of Dict>na mm 1111. 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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