PRONOUS.—WITICA. 541 
PRONOUS. 
Pronous, Keyserling, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxx. p. 547 (1880) ; E. Simon, Hist. Nat. Araign. 
édit. 2, i. p. 863; O. P -Cambridge, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. i, p. 281. 
Paphlagon, O. P.-Cambridge, loc. cit. p. 117 (1893). 
Type of Pronous, P. tuberculifer, Keyserl., Peru; of Paphlagon, P. beatus, O. P.-Cambr., Mexico. 
1. Pronous tuberculifer. 
Pronous tuberculifer, Keyserl. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxx. p. 548, t. 16. figg. 1, la, b (?), 
le(g)'; Spinn. Amer., Epeiride, p. 35, t. 2. figg. 31, 31g (2), 81 0-f(g)*; O. P.-Cambr. 
Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. i. p. 281, t. 36. figg. 18, 13 a-e (¢)”. 
Paphlagon beatus, O. P.-Cambr. loc. cit. p. 117, t. 14. figg. 10, 10 a-e (2) *. 
Type 2, androtype ¢, in coll. Univ. Warsaw. Total length, 9 5, ¢ 3°5 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith? +*).—Pervu??. 
WITICA. 
Witica, O. P.-Cambridge, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. i. p. 160 (1894). 
Physiola, E. Simon, Hist. Nat. Araign. édit. 2,1. p. 875 (1895). 
Bion, O. P.-Cambridge, loc. cit. p. 244 (1898). 
Vitica, E. Simon, op. cit. ii. p. 1003 (1908). 
Type of Witica, W. talis, O. P.-Cambr. (3), Mexico; of Physiola, P. nigrans, EK. Simon, Venezuela; of Bion, 
B. brevis, O. P.-Cambr. ( ¢), Mexico. 
1. Witica talis. 
Witica talis,O. P.-Cambr. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Arachn. Aran. i. p. 160, t. 19. figg. 18, 13 a-c (¢)’. 
Bion brevis, O. P.-Cambr. loe. cit. i. p. 244, t. 80. figg. 5, 5a-g (g)*. 
Physiola nigrans, Simon, Hist. Nat. Araign. édit. 2, i. p. 876 (¢ 2)’. 
Types, d, of W. talis and B. brevis in coll. Godman & Salvin; of P. nigrans in coll. E. Simon. Total length 
2 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Teapa (J/. H. Smith! *).—VuEneEzvELA, San Esteban °. 
The types of the two first-mentioned species are identical and they agree with 
the description of P. nigrans from Venezuela. 
The enumeration of the species of Araneidea contained in the collections before me 
being now concluded, I am able to give a complete Synopsis of the whole of the families 
represented in the Central-American fauna, the arrangement adopted differing some- 
what from that followed in the preceding pages. 
Sect. MYGALOMORPH & (p. 4). 
The plane of the articulation of the mandibles vertical. Pulmo- 
nary sacs four in number. 
A. Tarsi without claw-tufts; inferior claw nearly always distinct. 
a. Base of mandible without a rastellum at the apex. Spinning- 
_ mammillz long, slender, widely separate at the base . . . DirLurip# (p. 34). 
