CYCLOSA. 493 
1. Cyclosa conica. (Tab. XLVI. figg. 19,19 a, b, 3; 20, 20a, d, 2.) 
Aranea conica, Pallas, Spicil. Zool. i. p. 48, t. 1. fig. 16 (?)*. 
Cyclosa conica, Emerton, Trans. Conn. Acad. Sci. vi. p. 321, t. 34. figg. 3, 3a (@), t. 38. 
fig. 11 ($)°; Keyserl. Spinn. Amer., Epeiride, p. 276, t. 14. figg. 205, 205a-c (?%), 
205 d-f (3)°; Marx, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xii. p. 5494; Banks, Proc. Calif. Acad. 
Sci. (8) i. p. 256°. 
[Nec C. conica, McCook, Amer. Spiders, iii. pp. 225, 226, t. 17. figg. 8, 3 a-c (?), 4,4a,5(¢).] 
Epeira caudata, Hentz, Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. vi. p. 23, t. 3. figg. 14, 144 (2), 146(8)°; 
Spid. U.S. (ed. Burgess), p. 126, t. 14. figg. 14, 14¢ (2), 148 (¢)”. 
Hab. Norta America?4°7, California?—Mexico, Guaymas (fide Banks °).— 
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The examples figured on our Plate are from the New Forest, England, and the 
species is included in the Central-American fauna solely on the authority of 
Mr. Banks. . The male may be known from that of the allied species by the presence 
on coxa iv. of two short, subequal spines. The palpal organs differ also in several 
particulars, but more especially in the form of the lamella-claviformis, which is 
strongly dilate apically, its lower angle being sharp and depressed. The femora 
are strongly spinose: i. has seven or eight spines on the apical half beneath, ii. seven 
spines extending from the apex to the base, and iii. two spines about the middle; 
iv. is unarmed beneath. The female may be recognized by the shape of the abdomen 
and the form of the vulva. Judging by the figures, Emerton’s identification of 
C. conica seems to be correct; and one must accept his, the first, identification 
of Epeira caudata, Hentz. 
2. Cyclosa tuberculifera. (Tab. XLVII. fig. 1, ¢ .) 
Cyclosa tuberculifera, O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. i. p. 269, t. 36. figg. 10, 
10a-e (3g)’. 
Type, ¢, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 2°75 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith"). 
This species, of which there is a single adult male in the collection, may be recog- 
nized by the form of the lamella-claviformis (or clavis) of the palpus, see Plate. 
3. Cyclosa culta. (Tab. XLVII. figg. 2, 2a, ¢.) 
Cyclosa culta, O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. i, p. 112, t. 14. figg. 12, 
12a-d(g)". 
Type, 3, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 3-75 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Sierra de las Aguas Escondidas, near Omilteme, in Guerrero, 
9500 feet (H. H. Smith?). 
C. culta, of which I have seen two adult males, may be separated from both 
CG. conica and C. tuberculifera by the form of the “clavis” of the palpus. 
