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Females. 
A. Vulval area smaller ; triangular or hammer-headed piece on the 
posterior margin more conspicuous. 
a. Posterior marginal piece subtriangular, but variable in form . . brevipes, O. P.-Cambr. 
6. Posterior marginal piece hammer-headed . . . . . . . . alboguttata, O. P.-Cambr. 
B. Vulval area larger ; triangular posterior marginal piece less con- 
spicuous . . . . . . ww wee ee ete ew ee « decolorata, O. P.-~Cambr. 
Norz.—It is almost impossible to decide whether the females named above really belong to different species, 
and, if so, what are the best characters for distinguishing them. So far as coloration goes, a specimen of 
M. brevipes with the abdominal pattern obsolete becomes UM. alboguttata. But since the males here recorded 
evidently run very close together, it is quite possible that the species of which the female only is known 
would be easily separable if a longer series was available for examination. At present, one is compelled to 
leave them more or less unsatisfactorily defined. 
1. Pseudometa flava. (Tab. XLII. figg. 17, 17a, 4, 3.) 
Meta flava, O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. i. p. 135, t. 18. figg. 8, 8a-e (¢)’. 
Type, d, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 5°5 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, 'Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith *). 
2. Pseudometa superans. (Tab. XLII. figg. 18, 18a, 3.) 
Meta superans, O. P.-Cambr. Bioi. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. i. p. 217, t. 28. figg. 2, 
2a-e(d)". 
Type, ¢, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 4°5 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith +). 
3. Pseudometa uncata, sp.n. (Tab. XLII. figg. 19, 19a, 3.) 
Type, 3d, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 3-5-4 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith). 
There are no general marks of distinction by which one may separate this species 
from the two preceding. It is smaller, but relative size is of no value amongst 
the members of the present genus. For the single differential character, see the Table 
and Plate. 
4. Pseudometa brevipes. (Tab. XLII. figg. 20, 20a, d, 2.) 
Meta brevipes, O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran, i. p. 1, t. 1. figg. 3, 3a, 6 (9)’. 
Argyroepeira brevipes, Keyserl. Spinn. Amer., Epeiride, p. 316, t. 16. figg. 232, 2324 (?) * 
Type, 2, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 4 millim. 
Hab. GuateMa.a ”, Chilasco (Sarg '). 
