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11. Legs strongly banded with black, or if, annulations are indistinct, 



legs entirely black, _ ... 12. 



Legs yellow or light brown, not at all annulate or with a few dark 

 markings on femora, 13. 



12. Anterior row of eyes as wide as or a little wider than the second, 



aspersa H. 

 Anterior row of eyes shorter than the second, . . . ripariciB.. 



13. Males, 14. 



Females, 18. 



14. Cephalothorax near 10 mm. in length (leg IV not more than 3.25 



times as long as cephalothorax), .... permunda Chamb. 



Cephalothorax under 7.5 mm. in length (leg IV 3.7 or more 



times as long as cephalothorax), 15. 



15. Tibia + patella I longer than tibia + patella IV, . grandis Bks. 

 Tibia + patella I shorter than tibia + patella IV, . helluo W. 



16. Leg IV less than three times the length of cephalothorax, 



permunda Chamb. 

 Leg IV more than three times the length of cephalothorax, . .17. 



17. Abdomen beneath and the sternum immaculate pale yellow, 



clothed with yellow hair, grandis Bks. 



Sternum mostly Ijlack or nearly so and clothed largely with black 

 hair; abdomen beneath mostly with numerous dark dots and 

 sometimes nearly black, helluo W. 



18. Dorsum of abdomen marked along its entire length by a distinct 



median dark band, 19. 



Abdomen not so marked, 20. 



19. Sternum yellow or light brown; dorsal dark band of abdomen, 



usually with margins behind dentate or else enclosing along each 

 side a series of small oblicjue light spots, . . . scuiidata H. 

 Sternum black; dorsal band of abdomen with margins always 

 straight and not dentate or enclosing light spots behind, 



punctulata H. 



20. Cephalothorax entirely without light bands or spots either at 



middle or along sides, 2L 



Cephalothorax with at least a median lighter band or spot, . 22. 



21. Sternum and coxae of legs and usually entire venter of abdomen 



black ; both ends of tibiae of legs beneath black, . carolinensis W. 



Sternum light to reddish brown, not black; venter of abdomen 



not black either in whole or in part, quinaria. 



22. Tibiae of fourth legs black at both ends beneath, other tibiae and 



legs elsewhere luimarked excepting faint browm cross-bars on 

 femora (sternum and venter of abdomen entirely black), 



apicata Bks. 

 Not so, 23. 



23. Legs pale brown and entirely without darker markings; venter 



behind genital furrow black, rarely a pale central spot, lenta H. 

 Legs similar, but patellae and often distal 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, . . . lenta var. haltimoriana (K-)- 



