Kansas Mmm Science Bolletin. 



Vol. Ill, No. 3. OCTOBER, 1905. S v^lL'' xin™-j'. 



LIST OF SPIDERS IN THE ENTOMOLOGICAL COLLECTION 

 OF THE KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY. 



BY THEO. H. SCHEFFER. 



THE following brief list includes fifty-nine species of Kansas 

 spiders, representing thirty-three genera and ten families. 

 The material has accumulated incidentally in collecting insects, 

 and offers, therefore, only fractional representation of the Ara- 

 neida of Douglas county, where most of the specimens were 

 taken. 



Family DICTYNID^. 



DlCTYNA. 



D. foliacea Hentz ( Thcridion). Douglas county, June. 



Family THERIDIID^. 

 Teutana. 



T. triangulosa Walck. Douglas county, June to September. 

 Steatoda. 



S. borealis Hentz. Douglas county, April and July. 

 Theridion. 



T. tepidariorum Koch. Douglas county, June, July, and September. 

 Latrodectus. 



L. mactans Fabr. Clark county, June. 



Family ARGIOPID^, 

 Argioi'e, 



A. trifasciata Forsk. Douglas county, September and October ; Ford county, 

 July (young). 



Araneus. 



A. benjamini Walck. (Ujyeira). Douglas county, August and September. 

 A. conspicellatus Walck. (Upeira). Douglas county, October. 

 A. insularias Hentz. Douglas county, October. 

 A. pegnia Walck. Douglas county, July. 

 A. strix Hentz. Douglas county, July. 



A. frondosus Walck. (Epeira). Douglas county, September. 



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