Superfamily Argiopoidea 



Pbidippus mystaceus (P. mys-ta'ce-us). — I took this fine 

 species at Austin, Tex.; it was originally described by Hentz 

 from North Carolina; it is probable, therefore, that it is distributed 

 throughout the Gulf States. The female only is known; this sex 

 measures from .38 to .44 inch in length. The body is clothed 

 with gray hairs and is spotted and banded with white as shown 

 in Fig. 756. Instead of the large central white spot on the 

 abdomen there is, in some individuals, a pair of spots more or 

 less coalesced, or entirely distinct. 



Pbidippus miniatus (P. 

 min-i-a'tus). — This is another 



Fig. 755. PHIDIPPUS PURPURATUS 



Fig. 756. PHIDIPPUS MYSTACEUS 



Southern species of which only the female is known (Fig. 757). 

 It is a large hairy spider, marked with red. The female measures 

 from .52 to .72 inch in length. The cephalothorax is clothed with 

 yellowish gray hairs and has two black patches in the eye-region, 

 between which the colour is orange or red. The abdomen is 

 covered with short bright red and long whitish hairs; there is a 

 basal band of gray hairs, and seven red spots edged with black, 

 a central larger spot and three pairs of spots, one in front of the 

 central spot and two behind; these are not well shown in the figure. 



Genus DENDRYPHANTES (Den-dry-phan'tes) 



The genus Dendryphantes as recognized by American writers 

 is much less extended than that of Simon, who includes in it the 

 species placed by these writers in Pbidippus as well as those classed 



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