SPIDFJiS OF SOi'TIIKRX MEXICO 



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A TRIP TO SOUTHERN MEXICO FOR SPIDERS. 



WHEN I found in June, 1909, that I was to visit southern ^lexico 

 to collect spiders, I anticipated the trip with great interest 

 since only a few species of spiders had been described from 

 the States of Vera Cruz and Tal)asco, while Chiapas remained entirely 

 unexplored. From the geooraphy of the country we should expect to 

 find a continuation of the Central x\merican coast fauna alono; the 



THE ROUTE OF DR PETR UN KEVITCH - - - - 



MAP OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO SHOWING REGION VISITED BY DR. PETRUN KEVITC H. 



Pacific coast of Chiapas. On the other hand, the fauna of the lowlands 

 of Tabasco, Campeche and Yucatan shows some relation to the West 

 Indian fauna, which itself has close relation to the fauna of Venezuela. 

 Thus a study of the fauna of Central America is a clue to the under- 

 standing of the insular fauna which represents remarkable features in 

 the West Indies. 



I left New York Julv 1 bv the Ward Line of st<';nn(>rs and landed 



