120 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Jan., 



THE ARACHNIDA OF FLORIDA. 

 BY XATHAX BANKS. 



For about the past twelve years I have l^een receiving spiders from 

 Florida, and now have accumulated a larger mumber of species than 

 from any other State, except where collected for years by an arachnolo- 

 gist. From time to time I have published descriptions of the new 

 species, so that there are feAv new forms to record now. However, it 

 will be interesting to publish the entire list of Floridan spiders, as a 

 means of comparing the fauna with that of other portions of the United 

 States. 



The list is, of course, incomplete, yet it is doubtless a fair represen- 

 tation of the arachnid fauna, since the materials have come from 

 widely separated parts of the State. NortliAvestern Florida is, however 

 not represented. Various writers have questioned the propriety of 

 including subtropical Florida as a faunal part of the State. Similar 

 reasoning would throw out portions of many States; therefore I accept 

 political boundaries. The collections upon which this list is based were 

 made by the following persons, at the places noted : 



Mrs. Annie T. Slosson: Punta Gorda, Palm Beach, Biscayne Bay, 

 I.ake Worth. 



Mr. Philip Laurent: j\Iiami, Jacksonville, Enterprise. 



Mr. A. Dobbin: Altoona. 



Prof. C. M. Weed: Citrus county. 



Nathan Banks: Runnymede. 



Others: a number of Chernetidce have been taken by Mr. H. G. 

 Hubbard, and several others have sent me one or two species apiece. 



In this list are enumerated 211 spiders and G8 other arachnids, a 

 total of 279 species. The spiders are arranged in 21 families, 7 of them 

 being represented by but one species. The Epeiridae stands highest 

 in point of numbers, 45 species being included in it; the Theridiidse 

 follow with 44 species, and the Attidse with 38 species. The Lycosidce 

 have but 19 species and the Thomisidse the same. In many localities 

 these families equal or surpass the Attidse in number. The collection 

 is more brightly colored than one from the Northern States, and con- 

 tains manv more bizarre forms. Of the arachnids other than spiders. 



