582 PROCPiEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [NoV. , 



Argiope aurantia Lutas. 



Argiope aurantia Lucas, Ana. Soc. Eatora. France, 1833, p. 86. 

 Epeira riparia Hentz, Jour. Bost. Soc. N. H., V, p. 468 (1847). 



'/ One specimen collected by Prof. Townseml. 

 Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linn6). 



Aranea cancriformis Linne, Syst. Nat., Ed. XII, p. 1037 (1767). 

 Recorded from New Mexico by Dr. Marx, in his Catalogue. 

 Mr. Cockerell says he has never seen it, so far as he can remember. 



Epeira placida Uentz. 



Epeira placida Hentz, Jour. Bost. Soc. N. H., V, p. 475 (1847). 

 Two females from one-half mile below first Ruidoso camp, 

 White Mountains, August, by sweeping. They are not quite 

 adult, aud difler considerably from the usual form. There are no 

 stripes on the cephalothorax ; the abdomen is light chocolate-brown, 

 with some white marks in front aud where the stripe should be, 

 behind there are two black spots each side. The spinnerets are 

 black, with the usual two spots each side. Structurally there are 

 no diflerences from the Eastern specimens, but the male might show 

 differences in the palpus. E. j)lacida has not previously been 

 recorded from the West. 



Epeira oaxensis Keyserling. 



Epeira oaxensis Keyserling, Sitzungsber. Isis, Dresden, 1863, p. 121. 

 Epeira vertebrata McCook, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1888, p. 19G. 



Several specimens from Las Cruces, September 6 (Cockerell), 

 aud Eagle creek camp and Ruidoso creek, White Mountains, 

 third week in August. An abundant species in the extreme South- 

 west and in Mexico. 



Epeira aculeata Emerton. 



Epeira aculeata Emerton, Bull U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., Ill, No. 3, 

 p. 528 (1877). 



A few specimens from Beulah (Cockerell). A species common 

 in the foothills of Colorado. 



Epeira labyrinthea Heutz. 



Epeira labyrinthea Hentz, Jour. Bo.st. Soc. N. H., V, p. 471 (1847). 

 Three specimens from ^Eagle creek camp, jAVhite ^lountains, 

 August. 



Epeira displicata Heutz. 



Epeira displicata Hentz, Jour. Bust. Soc. N. H., V, p. 476 (1847). 

 One specimen swept from Solidago patch on Ruidoso side of 



