Superfamily Argiopoidea 



II. Tibia and patella together of the first leg 

 shorter than the tibia and patella of the 

 fourth leg. P. 633. L. helluo 



GG. Females. 



H. Fourth leg less than three times the length 

 of the cephalothorax. Occurs in Kansas. 



L. permunda 

 HH. Fourth leg more than three times the length 

 of the cephalothorax. 

 1. Abdomen beneath and the sternum im- 

 maculate pale yellow, clothed with yel- 

 low hair. Occurs in Colorado. 



L. grand is 

 II. Sternum mostly black or nearly so and 

 clothed largely with black hair; ab- 

 domen beneath mostly with numerous 

 dark dots and sometimes nearly black. 

 P. 633. L. helluo 



EE. Cephalothorax either without a median band or 

 with a band which is as wide or nearly as wide 

 as the third eye-row. 

 F. Dorsum of abdomen marked along its entire 

 length by a distinct median dark band. 

 G. Sternum yellow or light brown; dorsal dark 

 band of abdomen, usually with margins 

 behind dentate or else enclosing along each 

 side a series of small oblique light spots. 

 P. 637. L. scutulata 



GG. Sternum black; dorsal band of abdomen 

 with margins always straight and not dentate 

 or enclosing light spots behind. P. 637. 



L. pundulata 

 FF. Abdomen not so marked. 



G. Cephalothorax entirely without light bands 

 or spots either at middle or along sides. 

 H. Sternum and coxae of legs usually entire, 

 venter of abdomen black; both ends of 

 tibiae of legs beneath black, p. 636. 



L. carolinensis 

 HH. Sternum light to reddish brown, not black; 



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