Superfamily Argiopoidea 



venter of abdomen not black either in whole 

 or in part. Occurs in Canada. L. quinaria 

 GG. Cephalothorax with at least a median lighter 

 band or spot. 

 H. Tibiae of fourth legs black at both ends 

 beneath, other tibiae and legs elsewhere 

 unmarked excepting faint brown cross- 

 bars on femora (sternum and venter 

 of abdomen entirely black.) Occurs in 

 Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico.. 



L. apicata 

 HH. Not so. 



I. Legs pale brown and entirely without 

 darker markings; venter behind epi- 

 gastric furrow black, rarely a pale 

 central spot. Occurs in Pennsylvania, 

 North Carolina, South Carolina, Ala- 

 bama, Georgia, and Florida. L. hnta 

 II. Legs similar, but patellae and often dis- 

 tal end of tibiae black beneath; anterior 

 femora above and posteriorly with fine 

 longitudinal dark lines, posterior femora 

 with faint dark spots; venter as for 

 preceding. Occurs in the Atlantic States 

 and west to Texas. 



L. lenta variety baltimoriana 

 III. Not as for lenta or its variety. 



J. All tibiae black at both ends beneath 



and the femora black beneath at the 



distal end; large, the cephalothorax 



two fifths inch or more in length. 



P. 636. L. carolinensis 



JJ. Tibiae and femora not banded thus at 



ends only beneath; cephalothorax less 



than two fifths inch in length. 



K. Females. 



L. Lateral depressed areas of the 

 epigynum wide, subcircular, not 

 elongate in the usual way. (Fig. 

 720, a). P. 640. L. avara 



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