Superfamily Argiopoidea 



Genus SCOTOLATHYS (Sco-to-la'thys) 



The six-eyed condition of these spi- 

 ders distinguishes them from the other 

 members of the family found in our fauna. 

 Only one North American species has 

 been described. 



Scotolathys pallidas (S. pal'li-dus). — 

 The body is only about one sixteenth of 

 an inch in length. The cephalothorax 

 is pale orange yellow, the abdomen and 

 legs yellowish white. The eyes are on 

 two black patches, one on each side. 

 Fig. 272 bis. 



Mr. Banks reports finding this spider under stones and 

 leaves in holes in the ground, often an inch from the surface. 

 Its web has not been described. 



This species is the Neophanes pallidus of Marx. 



Fig. 272 bis. SCOTOLATHYS 



PALLIDUS a, female enlarged 



b, face (after Marx) 



Family CECOBIIDiE (CE-co-bi'i-dae) 



CEcobius (CE-co'bi-us) 



The family OEcobiidae is 

 represented by a single known 

 genus, CEcobius, which includes 

 a small number of tropical and 

 subtropical species. 



In this family the cephalo- 

 thorax is broader than long, with 



Fig. 273. 

 END OF ABDOMEN OF CECOBIUS 



Fig. 27*. CALAMISTRUM OF (ECOBIUS 



the group of eyes nearly in the centre. The eyes are unequal 

 in size and dissimilar in form. The anterior median and the 

 posterior lateral eyes are dark in colour; the others, pearly white. 

 The posterior median eyes are elongate and usually angular; 



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