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central thoracic part is a large wliite spot. A wide white band 

 crosses the clypeus and passes around the sides, somewhat above 

 the lower margin, as far as the hinder corners of the thoracic 

 part. 



The pattern on the abdomen of the female is almost iden- 

 tical with that of delecta. There is a wide curved white band 

 across the anterior end, followed by a band which, instead of 

 being bright red, as in the other species, is made up of black 

 with an intermingling of red hairs, resulting in a very rich, 

 but dark shade. Behind this is a central herring-bone stripe 

 in white with black on each side, the black being broken by two 

 pairs of white spots and by white scallops on the lower sides. The 

 first and largest portion of the herring-bone stripe is sometimes 

 connected with the white which comes up over the sides from 

 below, thus forming a second white band across the abdomen 

 in front of the middle. The palpus is yellow, with scanty 

 white hairs. The legs are barred or ringed with yellow and 

 brown. 



We have two males, both of which are badly rubbed. 

 The legs, palpi and falcesareall black. The cephalothorax has 

 a black integument covered with yellowish-red hairs and is 

 marked with white, as in the female. The abdomen is covered 

 with yellowish-red hairs excepting a white band around the front 

 end, two white spots on each side, and two pairs of white spots 

 behind the middle of the back. The ground color is not so 

 bright a red as in the female, but this may be owing to the fact 

 that we have imperfect specimens. 



We have numerous examples from Chapoda and Santarem, 

 Brazil, and one female from Guatemala. 



