482 ARANEIDEA. 
the centrals being a very little nearer the margin of the clypeus. The anterior lateral eyes are set in a 
low rounded tubercle. Lower margin of fang-groove with three teeth. Legs long and slender, clothed 
with spines and long bristles. Femora i. and ii. with a double series of short spines beneath. 
Protarsus i. shorter than tibia and patella i. Protarsii.—iv. without spines beneath. Carapace not raised 
and convex behind the eyes. Sternum scarcely longer than broad. Colulus present. Scapus of vulva 
very long, not entirely fused to the basal portion, having a free sclerite on each side. 
The species known to me may be recognized as follows :— 
Males. 
A. Outer upper anterior side of tibia ii. with four stout spines. 
Embolus of palpal bulb strongly curved downwards at apex. 
Clavis of bulb with two teeth at apex. . . . - + + + « arenata, Walck. 
B. Outer upper anterior side of tibia ii. with two spines only. 
Embolus of palpal bulb directed straight forwards. Clavis of [O. P.-Cambr. 
bulb with one tooth only at apex . . . . «+ + + + + Undecim-variolata, 
Females. 
A. Femora i. and ii. with two series of spines beneath. Scape of 
vulva, on each side, not separated from the basal portion. Apex 
of abdomen with 7 tubercles. . . . . 2. «1 + + + + Grenata. 
B. Femora i. and ii. without a series of spines beneath. Scape of 
vulva, on each side, distinctly separated from the basa] portion. 
Apex of abdomen with 9 tubercles. . . . . . . + « « undecim-variolata. 
1. Verrucosa arenata. (Tab. XLV. figg. 28, 23a, 6, o ; 24, 24a-¢, 2.) 
Epeira arenata, Walck. Ins. Apt. ii. p. 183°; Abbot, Georgian Spiders, nos, 165, 181, 182, 183, 
360°. 
Verrucosa arenata, McCook, Proc. Acad. Phil. 1888, p. 78°; Amer. Spiders, ili. p. 200, t. 12. figg. 6, 
6a-c(?),7,7a(38)*. 
Epeira verrucosa, Hentz, Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. vi. p.19°; Spid. U.S. (ed. Burgess), p. 121, 
t. 14. fig. 2(9)°. 
Mahadeva verrucosa, Marx, Cat. N. Am. Spiders, p. 541 (1889) "; Keyserl. Spinn. Amer., Epeiride, 
p. 72, t. 3. figg. 56, 56a (2), 56b,¢(¢)°. 
Mahadiva reticulata, O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. i. p. 54, t. 3. figg. 10, 10 a-c 
(3) °; Keyserl. Spinn. Amer., Epeiride, p. 71, t. 3. figg.55,55a(¢)*. 
Type, ¢, of M, reticulata, in coll, Godman & Salvin. Total length 4°5 millim. 
Carapace red-brown, more or less variegated with darker brown. Abdomen with seven warts posteriorly, in 
two rows of three each and a single small anal one, and two lateral warts on each side between the former 
and the one at the shoulder. Legs dull yellow-orange, the femora with dark annulations in the apical 
half, the tibia also having a central and apical black annulus. Protarsi i. and ii. entirely dark. Femora 
i. and ii. with two series of more or less well-developed spines in front; tibie i. and ii. with two rows of 
spines beneath. Scapus of vulva enclosing the base on each side. 
Tibia ii. of the male with two spines at the apex of the central spur set transversely in the same straight line, 
but with four conspicuous spines on the outer upper side. Embolus of palpus strongly curved downward 
and slightly backward; clavis with two teeth at its lower apical margin. 
Hab. Norta America!§,—Mexico, Amula, Acaguizotla, Tierra Colorada, Dos 
