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6. Scapus of vulva much broader at the base and more deeply 
transversely corrugated. Apical two-thirds of the scapus 
convex, or somewhat flattened beneath, without a broad 
longitudinal groove; its extreme apex straight, not bent 
upwards . . 1. we ee eee ee we ee) minaz, O. P.-Cambr. 
2. Abdomen with a central cusp posteriorly. Scapus of vulva with 
a longitudinal carina in the apical half of the lower side . . edaz. 
B. Abdomen with circular bosses (or blisters) on the central dorsal 
line. 
a. [Typeimmature] . . . ...... . .. . . . variolata, O. P.-Cambr. 
6’. [Species not known tome] . . . ..... . . . « ravilla, C. L. Koch. 
Nore.—The types of EZ. variolata and E. bivariolata, O. P.-Cambr., are immature, and their distinctive 
characters cannot be included in the above Table. I do not know &. ravilla, C. L. Koch, and £. balaustina, 
McCook ; the latter is very probably identical with EZ. minax, O. P.-Cambr., and if so, McCook’s name has 
priority. 
1. Kriophora purpurascens. (Tab. XLIII. figg. 14, 14a, ¢; 15, 15a-f, 2.) 
Epeira purpurascens, O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. i. p. 38, t. 7. figg. 4, 
4a,6(3),5,5a-c(?)*; Keyserl. Spinn. Amer., Epeiride, p. 226, t. 11. figg. 168 ¢,d (3), 
168, 168 a,b (?)?’. 
Araneus purpurascens, Ki. Simon, P. Z. 8. 1897, p. 873 °. 
Type ¢, gynetype 9, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length, ¢ 11:25, 9 18 millim., 
¢. Coxa i. with a hooked spur at its posterior apical margin; iv. without spines. Trochanter iv. with 
(usually two) spines beneath. Tibia ii. slightly sinuous, and incrassate towards the apex, with two rows 
of six stout spines beneath, those of the inner row quite short, of the outer much longer; the inner dorsal 
side with a row of five spines, the outer dorsal and outer side with two rows of three spines each. Femora 
i. and 11. with a single series of spines on the anterior side, iii. and iv. with a donble series of spines 
beneath. Protarsus ii. with short spines at its base beneath. 
Palpus. Tarsal sheath very narrow ; unca of sheath well developed. Cymbium (on the inner side) very large, 
strongly geniculate basally, bilobate, the outer lobe with a stout hammer-headed unca on the inner side. 
Clavis (on the outer side) simply rounded at its apex, without teeth. Embolus broad, and slightly 
hooked and sharp at the apex. 
@. Abdomen without definite central, dorsal, apical cusp, simply rounded behind. Femora i., ii. iii., iv. without 
a series of spines in front or beneath, but i. and ii. with a few spines on the inner side towards the apical 
half. Vulva without lateral sclerites (or ale); scapus strongly recurved forwards basally, its apical 
portion enormously prolonged backwards, distinctly grooved transversely (but not so deeply as in 
E. minax and EL, edax), deeply channelled dorsally towards the apex, which is bent slightly but abruptly 
down. 
Femora clothed with bright orange-rust-red hairs. Venter with a large central triangular black patch, 
margined with a broad band of rust-red hairs, the lateral band extending forwards and upwards and 
becoming broader. In some examples the hairs are pale. 
Hab. Mexico, Venta de Zopilote, Muxbal (H. H. Smith); Guaremata (Sarg+); Costa 
Rica, San José (Tristan); Panama, Bugaba (Champion1),— VENEZUELA; ANTILLES, 
St. Vincent °. 
