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GLYPTOGONA.—HENTZIA. 
GLYPTOGONA. 
Glyptogona, E. Simon, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1884, p. 826; Hist. Nat. Araign. édit. 2, i. p. 867. 
Type @. sextuberculata (Keyserl.). Dalmatia. 
A single male from Panama can obviously be referred to this genus. The following are its chief characters :— 
Central quadrangle of eyes wider in front than behind, the anterior eyes being much larger than the 
posterior ; patella of the palpus without spine ; coxa i. with the hook and femur ii. the groove present in 
the vast majority of the Araneine ; tibia ii. not specialized, nor set with specialized spines; abdomen 
tuberculate, furnished with tuberculate lobes ; femora i.—iv. also tuberculate in front or beneath. 
1. Glyptogona decem-tuberculata. 
Cyrtarachne decem-tuberculata, O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. 1. p. 59, t. 4. 
figg. 4, 4a-c(g)'. 
Type, d, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length 4°5 millim. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
HENTZIA. 
Hentzia, McCook, Amer. Spiders, iii. p. 244 (1893). 
Type H. basilica, McCook. North America. 
3. No hook on coxa i. and no groove on femur ii. Coxa and femur of pedipalp without a coniform spur and 
chitinous ridge. Tibia ii. not incrassate, nor with specialized spines. Patella of pedipalp with a single 
apical spine. Palpus with an apical tarsal hook. 
3 2. Posterior central eyes one diameter apart, slightly larger than the anterior centrals. Central quadrangle 
slightly wider behind, longer than broad, anterior eyes half a diameter apart. Posterior row slightly 
procurved ; laterals one-vighth of a diameter apart, distant from the posterior centrals by less than the 
diameter of one of the latter. Boss at the base of the mandible very slight. Legs clothed with numerous 
long spines; femora i. and ii. presenting, besides other spines, two rows of long spines beneath. 
Protarsus and tarsus i. longer than tibia and patellai. Sternum not longer than broad. Upper and 
lower margins of the fang-groove with three teeth. Colulus present. The palpus in the male exhibits 
the hook at the base of the tarsal sheath, while the embolus of the bulb in the male and the form of the 
vulva in the female are quite characteristic (see Plate). 
The spider on which this genus was based, as noted by McCook, properly belongs 
near Leucauge (=Argyroepeira) in the group Metine. Simon (Hist. Nat. Araign. 
édit. 2, i. p. 775) relegates Hentzia to the position of a synonym of Cyrtophora (type 
C. citricola, Forskal). H. basilica appears to have scarcely a single character in 
common with Forskal’s species. 
1. Hentzia trivittata. (Tab. LI. fige. 12,124, 3; 18, 134, 2.) 
Argiope trivittata, O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. i. p. 51, t. 4. figg. 5,5 a-d( 2], 
6, 6a-d(@)’. ; 
Type d, gynetype 2, in coll. Godman & Salvin. Total length, ¢ 5, 9 8 millim. 
Hab. Guatemata, Dolores, Sacrixpur, between Dolores and Chapallal, San José 
River, Chiquimula (Sarg '). 
This species must be very closely allied to H. basilica, McCook. 
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