Superfamily Argiopoidea 



anteriorly, encircled by a white line in front of the middle, behind 

 which it is blackish; other parts brown, excepting a pale spot on 

 the anterior part of the venter. In the female, the cephalothorax 

 is brownish white, with the eyes on black spots; the abdomen 

 is pale, with two short, curved dark bands near the spinnerets; 

 chelicerae brownish; venter pale, with a dark region near the 

 spinnerets; legs brown above, pale beneath; other parts all pale" 

 (Peckham, '92). This species is distributed from the Atlantic 

 to the Pacific. 



Peckhamia americana (P. a-mer-i-ca'na). — This is a larger 

 and heavier species than the preceding, the female measuring 

 one fifth inch in length. It differs from P. picata in being much 

 lighter in colour and in having the sternum and coxae of a uniform 

 light reddish brown; while in P. picata the dark brown or black 

 sternum makes a contrast with the light coxae (Peckham, '92). 

 This is a Southern species occurring in the Gulf States and in 

 the Southwest. 



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