$Linyphia coccinea.$--About a sixth of an inch long and bright red and orange color. The size and length of legs are about the same as in _communis_. The legs are light orange, the cephalothorax a deeper shade of the same color, and the abdomen light red. The palpi have the ends black, and the legs are sometimes streaked with black. The hinder middle eyes are 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 abdomen is a little flattened and extended back in a blunt black point over the spinnerets (fig. 330). The male (fig. 331) differs little 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. [Illustration: FIG. 332. Web of Linyphia phrygiana in a barberry bush. The spider stood under the upper part of the inclined sheet close to the stem.] [Illustration: FIGS. 333, 334. Linyphia phrygiana.--333, markings of abdomen enlarged eight times. 334, palpus of male.] $Linyphia phrygiana.$--This is one of the most common species and lives both in the woods and around houses. It is larger than _marginata_ and _communis_, measuring a fifth of an inch in length. The cephalothorax is light yellow, with a black line in the middle, forked at the front end, and another at the sides near the edge of the thorax. The legs are light yellow, with a dark ring at the end of each joint and at the middle of each tibia and metatarsus. The legs are also marked with dark spots, especially on the femora, and the spines are black and conspicuous. The abdomen is yellowish, with brown spots at the sides and beneath, and along the middle of the back is a dark brown or red herring-bone stripe (fig. 333). The head of the male is higher than that of the female and has a crest of stiff hairs. The male palpi (fig. 334) have a long spur on the patella and have the end small, like _communis_. The web (fig. 332) is a large flat sheet, sometimes over a foot across. A corner of it usually runs under a stone or other hiding place, and here the spider stands, often making a little tent in connection with the web. [Illustration: FIG. 335. Linyphia trilineata.--Markings of abdomen enlarged eight times.]