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 two yellow stripes.

DOLOMEDES.

D. tenebrosus. 3% in. long. Dark brown and light gray. Chest part with a light stripe at each side. Body part with four or five dark cross-bars on the hind half; on the male they are more united into a stripe, edged with a white or yellow line. Legs with dark rings. Both do/o- medes live near water, on which they walk with the greatest ease. The female carries her egg- sack in her mouth till the young are ready to hatch, then she builds a bird cage-like nest in the top of some bushes for them and watches it from the outside.

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34. D. sexpunctatus. %% in. long. Chest part dark yellowish brown with very bright white lines. The body is dark gray with two rows of small white spots. Legs greenish yellow with dark spines, but not ringed. On the under side of the chest part are six small dots.

OXYOPES.

yin. long. Dark brown, gray and yellow, on the under side a black between Oxyopes has its eyes in four rows, and therein differs from all other G