$Misumena aleatoria.$--The female of this species grows nearly as large as _vatia_, and in some places is much more common. It is white or yellow, but does not have the crimson markings at the sides of the abdomen or between the eyes. The head (fig. 79) is rounder than in _vatia_ and much lower in front, and there is a narrow white stripe under the eyes that divides at the sides, one branch passing around over the mandibles and the other close under the eyes. The sides of the cephalothorax are gray or green. The abdomen usually has no markings except a little gray color in the middle, but sometimes it has two rows of dark brown spots (fig. 81), and in such individuals the legs are also marked with brown at the ends of the joints. The males are very small and strikingly colored (fig. 82). The two front pairs of legs are brown, the cephalothorax green, and the abdomen yellow. The shape of the head and the white under the eyes are the same as in the female. [Illustration: FIGS. 83, 84. Misumena asperata.--83, female enlarged four times. 84, male enlarged four times.] $Misumena asperata.$--The males and females of this spider are more alike than in _vatia_ and _aleatoria_. The adult females are always pale and sometimes white, but seldom lose entirely the reddish bands around the legs. Both sexes are covered with short stiff hairs about their length apart all over the upper part of the body and legs. The usual color is pale yellow, with dull red markings. The thorax is reddish at the sides. The abdomen has two red bands or rows of spots on the hinder half, meeting behind. In front are a middle pair of spots and two side bands that spread apart in the middle and meet again at the spinnerets. The tibia and tarsus of the front legs are marked with a narrow red ring at the base and a wider ring near the end of each joint. The female is a quarter of an inch long and the male about half that length. The markings of the male are like those of the female, but the spots are larger and more deeply colored. The male palpi are larger than in the other species. The male _M. spinosa_ of Georgia resembles _asperata_, but the legs are much longer and the ends of the palpi smaller. [Illustration: FIGS. 85, 86. Synema parvula.--Enlarged eight times. 85, upper side. 86, under side.]