. The common spiders of the United States. Spiders -- United States. black stripe on each side and several pairs of black spots in the middle, connected with a middle line. The legs are white, with a gray ring at the end and middle of each joint. The spines are long on the legs and palpi (fig. 347). The mandi- ^49 bles have an oblique dark stripe and several long hairs in front and a row of teeth in front of the claw. The epigynum (fig. 346) is large and ex- tends obliquely backward away from the abdomen and curves inward again at the end. It lives all over the northern part of this country an


. The common spiders of the United States. Spiders -- United States. black stripe on each side and several pairs of black spots in the middle, connected with a middle line. The legs are white, with a gray ring at the end and middle of each joint. The spines are long on the legs and palpi (fig. 347). The mandi- ^49 bles have an oblique dark stripe and several long hairs in front and a row of teeth in front of the claw. The epigynum (fig. 346) is large and ex- tends obliquely backward away from the abdomen and curves inward again at the end. It lives all over the northern part of this country and Europe, under leaves and sometimes on trees, where it is occasionally found Figs. 348, 349, 350. Linyphia in- signis. —348, female enlarged on the bark without any web. twelve times. -uq, side of abdo- T . , . /TT , , \ . A ff , ™ Linyphia (Helophora) insignis.— An men of female. 350, epigynum. J* \ * / ® eighth of an inch long, as long as socialis, but more slender. The cephalothorax and legs are light yellow, and the abdomen gray or white, some- times without markings and sometimes / with gray stripes at the sides and two or three pairs of gray marks across the hinder half (fig. 348). The cepha- lothorax of the male is twice as wide across the middle as at the head. The legs are without markings. The epigynum (fig. 350) is long and straight, extending back- ward close to the abdomen for half its length. The tibia. Figs. 351, 352, 353. Linyphia concolor. — 351, end of palpus of male. 352, side of epigynum. 353, epigynum from 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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