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 EPEIRA.

The following six have two bumps or corners on the fore part of their bodies. The first four resemble each other.

Bs ole:

. cavatica or cinerea. 34 in. long. Chest part gray with long white hairs;

angulata. 3% in. long. Breast part dark brown with a yellow line underneath. The body is dark brown and lighter, with yellow marks; under side black with yellow spots. Legs with dark brown rings.

. solitaria. 5% in. long. Chest part dark brown, black beneath. Body part black with

yellow spots; under side black. Legs dark ringed.

. corticaria. 34 in. long. Chest part brown, darker in the middle and on edges. Body

part dark reddish brown and lighter; under side dark brown, Legs dark ringed.

. silvatica. % in. long. Chest part dark brown with a darker line in the middle and at

each side. Body light brown with yellow spots; underneath dark brown. Legs brown with dark rings.

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. nordmannt. % in. long. Chest part gray; underneath light brown or

black. Body part white, gray and black; under side black with four yellow spots. Legs dark ringed at the joints and faintly in the middle.

under side with a dark stripe, with yellow edge marks. Legs gray faintly ringed.

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