. The common spiders of the United States. Spiders -- United States. THE LINYPHIAD^ 141 twice as large as the others and twice as far apart as the front middle pair. The space between and around the middle eyes is black. The top of the abdo- men is a little flat- tened and extended back in a blunt black point over the spinnerets (fig. 330). The male (fig. 331) differs lit- tle from the female except in the more slender abdomen and longer legs. The male palpi are as long as those of the female and only a little thickened at the ends. The blackened point on the end of the abdomen is less distinc


. The common spiders of the United States. Spiders -- United States. THE LINYPHIAD^ 141 twice as large as the others and twice as far apart as the front middle pair. The space between and around the middle eyes is black. The top of the abdo- men is a little flat- tened and extended back in a blunt black point over the spinnerets (fig. 330). The male (fig. 331) differs lit- tle from the female except in the more slender abdomen and longer legs. The male palpi are as long as those of the female and only a little thickened at the ends. The blackened point on the end of the abdomen is less distinct in the male than the female. The web is a little concave, not as deep as that of marginata and with smaller meshes. It is made among low plants. This is a common species in the South. Linyphia phrygiana. — This is one of the most common species and Figs. 330, 331. Linyphia cocdnea.— lives both in the woods and around 330, female. 331, male enlarged _ . , . twelve times. houses. It is larger than marginata. 329 327 Figs. 326, 327, 328, 329. Linyphia mandibulata. — 326, mark- ings of abdomen of female enlarged eight times. 327, side of abdomen. 328, cephalothorax and palpus of male. 329, mandibles of 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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