Spiders and Their Near Relatives 



BB. With neither spines nor tubercles near the hind end of 

 the carapace. Cynorta bimaculata 



Cynorta sayii (C. say'i-i). — This is our most widely distrib- 

 uted species of the genus, occurring in the Gulf States and 

 extending as far north as Missouri and Kansas. The body is 

 nearly one fourth inch in length, of a rusty colour mottled with a 



darker shade. In well-marked 

 individuals there is a Y-shaped 

 yellow strip back of the eyes 

 (Fig. 52) and a transverse band 

 near the hind edge of the cara- 

 pace. The stem of the Y is 

 sometimes wanting and some- 

 times it extends to the trans- 

 verse band. Between the arms 

 of the Y and the transverse band 

 there is in some individuals in- 

 dications of two other transverse 

 bands. Sometimes all of the 

 white marks are wanting. Near 

 the middle of the carapace there 

 is a pair of small tubercles, and 

 there is a second, somewhat larger 

 pair near the hind margin just 

 in front of the transverse yellow 

 band. 



Cynorta ornata (C. or-na'ta). 

 This species closely resembles the 

 preceding in size and markings, 

 but can be easily distinguished 

 by the presence of a pair of prominent acute spines borne on 

 a pair of lobes in the position occupied by the second pair of 

 tubercles in the preceding species (Fig. 53). This species is found 

 in the southeastern part of the United States. 



Cynorta bimaculata (C. bi-mac-u-la'ta).— - This is a smaller 

 species, measuring one sixth inch in length, found in southern 

 California. The dorsum is brownish red, with two long, some- 

 what lunate white spots near the end of the carapace; the venter is 

 red. The body is finely granulate, without large tubercles or spines. 



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Fig. 52. CYNORTA SAYII 



